OUR    OWN 


SECOND    BEADSR: 


FOR  THE  USE  OF 


SCHOOLS  AND  FAMILIES, 


BY 

RICHARD    STERLING,    A.  M, 

PRINCIPAL  OF  BDGEWOUTH  FEMALE  SKMIXAG*', 
AND 

J.  D.  CAMPBELL,  A.M., 

P*OrE8SOR  c:    MATHEMATICS  AND  RI1ETORHX 


STEREOTYPE  EDITION. 


GREEN  SBORO,  N.C.: 

PUBLISHED  BY  STERLING,  CAMPBELL,  AND  ALBRIGHT. 

ID,   VA.  :  W.  HABUHAVB  V,  WITH, 


- 


u 


George  Washington  Flowers 
Memorial  Collection 

DUKE  UNIVERSITY  LIBRARY 


ESTABLISHED  BY  THE 

FAMILY  OF 

COLONEL  FLOWERS 


OUR    OWN 


SECOND    READER! 


FOB  THE  USE  OB 


SCHOOLS  AND  FAMILIES. 


BY 

BICHABD    STERLING,    A.M., 

PXUNCIPAL  or  EDGEWOttTH  FEMALE  SEMINABY, 
AND 

J.  D.  CAMPBELL,  A.M., 

FBDTEBQB  OF  MATHEMATICS  AND  BHETOOia 


STEREOTYPE  CDtTION. 


GREENSBORO,  N.C.: 

PUBLISHED  BY  STERLING,  CAMPBELL,  AND  ALBRIGHT^ 

RICHMOND,  VA. :  W.  HARGBAVE  WHITE. 


Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  18G2,  by 

RICHARD  STERLING  and  J.  D.  CAMPBELL, 

In  the  Clerk's  Office  of  the  District  Court  of  the  C  mfe.'larabe  States, 
for  the  District  of  Pamlico,  North  Carolina. 


PREFACE. 


This  volume  is  intended  as  a  regular  successor  to 
"Our  Own  First  Reader."  It  will  be  found,  on 
examination,  that  the  first  lessons  in  this  Reader 
are  not  much  more  difficult  than  those  with 
which  the  First  Reader  closes.  An  experience  of 
twenty -five  years  of  practical  labor  as  educators, 
has  satisfied  us  that  a  child  should  not  be  required 
to  advance  more  rapidly  than  can  he  done  under- 
standingly.  Hence  it  will  be  found  that  the 
lessons  are  so  arranged,  that  several  of  the  same 
degree  of  difficulty  follow  each  other.  And  in 
passing  from  one  book  to  another  we  have 
observed  the  same  rule,  thus  guarding  the  pupil 
against  discouragement. 

In  the  selection  and  preparation  of  the  Lessons, 
the  compilers  have  availed  themselves  of  all  the 
assistance  they  could  obtain  from  the  labors  of 
their  predecessors  in  the  same  field.  A  large 
number  of  Readers  have  been  examined,  and 
selections  made  from  them,  whenever  they  suited 
the  general  design  of  this  work. 


IV  PREFACE. 


The  variety  of  subjects  introduced  in  this 
volume,  is  deemed  sufficient  to  secure  the  atten- 
tion of  the  child  by  exciting  his  curiosity.  We 
have  endeavored  to  combine  simplicity  of  style 
with  good  sense,  and  to  inculcate  throughout  a 
pure  Bible  morality.  No  system  of  education  is 
valuable  that  does  not  have  truth  and  piety  for 
its  foundation-stone.  Our  aim  has  been  to  im- 
press upon  the  minds  of  our  youthful  readers  the 
cardinal  doctrines  of  the  Christian  religion. 

Much  attention  has  been  given  to  the  Spelling 
Lessons.  As  in  the  First  fieader,  the  words  have 
been  invariably  selected  from  the  reading  lessons, 
and  should  be  thoroughly  learned  before  attempt- 
ing to  read. 

Whatever  excellences  or  defects  our  books  may 
be  found  to  possess,  we  are  happy  to  know  that 
they  are  purely  Southern  productions,  both  in 
workmanship  and  material.  Perhaps  we  offer  to 
the  public  the  first  series  of  Headers,  whose 
compilation,  paper,  printing,  and  binding  are 
wholly  the  products  of  home  industry. 

The  first  two  or  three  lessons  have  questions 
appended  to  them,  merely  as  specimens.  We 
prefer  that  the  teacher  should  ask  such  questions 
as  will  naturally  suggest  themselves.  Where  each 
lesson  is  furnished  with  printed  questions,  too 
many  children  fall  into  the  very  bad  habit  of 


PREFACE. 


learning  the  brief  clause  that  may  contain  the 
answer,  and  pass  slightly  over  all  the  rest. 


SUGGESTIONS  TO  TEACHERS. 

The  rapidity  with  which  a  teacher  carries  his 
pupils  through  a  book,  is  no  criterion  either  of  his 
own  capacity,  or  of  their  progress. 

The  pupil  should  be  made  to  read  each  lesson 
over  and  over  again,  till  he  is  perfectly  familiar 
with  every  word,  so  as  to  be  able  to  pronounce  it 
at  sight. 

Aim  to  secure  a  clear  and  distinct  enunciation 
of  every  word,  giving  to  each  syllable  its  appro- 
priate sound. 

Great  care  must  be  taken  to  avoid  a  forma) 
and  fastidious  prominence  to  unaccented  sylla- 
bles.    Especially  guard    against    a  drawling   or 


smo;-son£  tone. 


The  chief  object  of  the  teacher  should  be  to 
excite  the  interest  of  the  pupil  in  the  subject  of 
the  lesson.  This  may  be  done  by  judicious 
questions,  with  such  explanations  and  illustra- 
tions as  will  naturally  suggest  themselves  to 
every  intelligent  teacher. 

To  fix  the  attention  of  the  child,  to  enable  him 
to  understand  what  he  reads,  and  to  render  the 
task  a  pleasure,  is  the  perfection  of  the  teacher's 


VI  SUGGESTIONS  TO  TEACHERS. 


art,  and  should  be  studiously  sought  by  every 
one  who  takes  upon  himself  the  instruction  of 
the  young. 

Too  much  attention  cannot  be  given  to  Spell- 
ing. It  is  not  intended  that  the  teacher  should 
confine  himself  to  the  words  we  have  selected 
and  arranged  in  the  Spelling  Lessons.  Our  own 
experience  in  the  school-room,  induces  us  to 
recommend  most  earnestly  the  use  of  the  black- 
board or  slate  in  teaching  spelling,  as  soon  as  the 
pupil  can  be  taught  to  write. 


CONTENTS. 


Lesion  Page 

1.  My  New  Book,     ....     9 

2.  Family  Affection,      ,    .     .10, 

3.  The  Old  Horse,     .     .    .     .12 

4.  The  Bear,         13  | 

5.  The  Two  Dogs,     .         .     .  14 

6.  The  Eagle 15  ; 

7.  Only  one  Brick  on  Another,  17  i 

8.  The  Lazy  Bov 18 

9.  Give  us  this  Day  our  Daily 

Bread,     .         ...        19  j 

10.  The  Lion, 22 

11.  Never  Tell  a  Lie,  .  23 

12.  Willing  to  Work,       .     .     .25 

13.  The  Camel,  ....  27  j 

14.  God  is  near, 28  : 

15.  The  Good  Child,        .     .     .29 

16.  A  Bad  Boy  Punished,         .  30 

17.  The  Bible 32 

18.  The  Hat  with  a  Bell .     .     .  34 

19.  TheBlue-birdaidtheItol>in,35 

20.  Live  for  Something,      .     .  "87 
II.  Fishing,  .  .     .  38 

22.  The  Dog  in  the  Manger,     .  39 

23.  The  Fall  of  the  Acorn,       .  40 

24.  The  Clothes  we  Wear,    .     .  42 

25.  Washington's  Regard  for  his 

Mother, 44 

16.  The  Danger  of  Delay,     .        40 

27.  A  Thoughtless  Man,'.     .     .  48 

28.  How  we  are  Related,      .        49 

29.  Don't  Kill  the  Birds,      .     .  50 

30.  A  Parable, 53 

81.  Uncle  Toby 54 

82.  Praise  Ye  the  Lord,  .     .     .5(5 

83.  The  Ten  Commandments, .  57 
34.  The  Tiger, 58 


Lesson  Pnsfc 

35.   Blephnnt  and  Tigress* .    .     59 
30.  Lazy  Slokins,  the  Schoolboy,  02 

37.  Lazy  Slokins. the  YouirjfMan,64 

38.  Lazy  Slokins,  the  Drunkard,  05 

39.  Lazy  Slokins,  the  Thief.  .     07 

40.  The  Robin's  Temperance 

Song, 08 

41.  The  Quarrelsome  Coeks,   .     70 

42.  The  Ungrateful  King, .     .     72 

43.  About  Adam,.     .     .     .     .     74 

44.  What  is  Falsehood  ?     .     .     77 

45.  Little  Henry  and  the  Birds,  79 
40.  Childhood's  Hours..     .     .     82 

47.  The  Commandments,    .     .     84 

48.  The  Snow  Birds,      ...     85 

49.  Kind  Echoes, 88 

50.  Mary's  Kitten,     ....     91 

51.  The' Lamb, 93 

52.  The  Lamb—  (one' tided,)       94 

53.  "  How  far  is  Heaven  ? "    .     98 

54.  The  Four  Seasons,  ...     99 

55.  Sour  Grapes—  (A  Fable,)    101 

56.  Try,  Try  Again,       .     .     .103 

57.  My  Mother 104 

58.  Children  in  a  Boat,      .     .105 

59.  Bible  Selections,  1  Cor.  13    108 

00.  Psalm  -23 109 

01.  The  Boy  who  Boasted,      .  Ill 

02.  Honesty  Rewarded,      .     .   112 
63.  Young  Soldiers,  .     .     .     .115 

04.  The  Bee 117 

65.  Story  of  the  Coat,    .     .     .110 

60.  The  Lark  and  her  Young,  122 
07.  Praver 124 

68.  The  Loaf  of  Bread..     .     .127 

69.  Tiie  Generous  Children.    .  129t 


Vlll 


CONTENTS. 


Lefison  Page 

70.  The  Sparrow,      ....  131 

71.  Hugh  Miller, 132 

72.  George  and  the  Hatchet,  .  134 

73.  What  is  Earth,    .    .    .     .136 

74.  The  Eagle  and  the  Tortoise, 

—{A  Fable,)  .    .    .     .138 

75.  To  Little   Henry  on  hia 

Birth-Day,      ....  140 

76.  Acting  a  Falsehood,    .    .142 

77.  Jesus  Christ, 145 

78.  u  Of  such  is  the  Kingdom 

of  Heaven,"    ....  148 

79.  On  Using  Bad  Grammar.  149 
801  A   Garden  Overrun  with 

Weeds, 151 

8L  The  Sluggard,     ....  154 
82.  The  Mother's  Love,     .    .  156 

80.  The  Good  Little  Girl,  .    .  157 
The  Good  Boy,  ....  ICO 


Lesson  £ags 

85.  Sermon  on  the  Mount,      162 

86.  God  more  Excellent  than 

His  Works,    .         .    .  163 

87.  Christopher  Columbus,  .  165 

88.  The  Buffalo,      ....  168 

89.  How  to  be  Loved, .    .    .1,69 

90.  The  Show  of  Wild  Beasts,  173 

91.  The  Show  ol  Wild  Beasts, 

— (continued,)     .     .     .  173 

92.  There  is  a  God,      .    .    .  176 

93.  The  Child's  Prayer,    .    .  179 

94.  Duty  to  Parents,    .    .    .180 

95.  About  Sin, 181 

96.  Repentance, 183 

97.  Faith,       185 

98.  Faith— {continued,)   .    .  187 

99.  The  Ten  Commandments,  189 
100.  Alphabetical  Selections,   ,191 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER 


LESSON  I. 

Book 

said 

broth'er 

gave 

dear 

sis'ter 

clean 

learn 

pret'ty 

neat 

each 

parents 

read 

take 

giv'en 

hand 

kind 

o-bey' 

MY  NEW  BOOK, 

1.  My  mother  gave  me  this  new  book  to-day. 
Look,  father,  look,  sister,  how  neat,  and  clean, 
and  pretty  it  is. 

2.  I  will  try  to  read  well ;  for  ma,  when  she 
gave  it  to  me,  took  me  by  the  hand,  and  said  : 

3.  "Now,  my  dear  son,  I  know  you  wish  to 
learn  to  read,  and  I  have  given  you  this  pretty 
book  to  help  you/' 

4.  When  I  have  read  my  book,  sister  and 
brother,  I  will  lend  it  to  each  of  you.  I  am  sure 
you  will  take  care  of  it,  and  not  tear  it  or  soil  it- 


10 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER. 


5.  How  glad  I  am  to  have  a  kind  mother  to 
give  me  such  a  nice  new  hook.  I  will  trv  to  be 
a  good  boy  ;  will  obey  my  parents,  and  always 
do  what  thev  tell  me. 


Questions. — What  have  you  read  about  \  Who 
gave  you  the  new  book  1  What  did  your  ma  say 
when  she  gave  you  the  book  ?  To  whom  will 
you  lend  it  ?     Why  jhoiiH  you  be  a  good  child  ? 


IjESSW*   21. 

Sweeb 

laugh 

win'ter 

green 

cool 

ten'der 

bright 

heads 

read 'era 

spring 

sport 

blessing 

sleep 

grief 

fath'er 

shade 

young 

moth'er 

o 
FAMILY  AFFECTTON. 

1.  The  song  of  the  birds  is  sweet,  when  the 
dark  days  of  winter  are  gone,  and  the  trees  lift 
up  their  green  heads  in  the  bright  light  of  spring. 

2.  The  sport  of  young  lambs  is  sweet,  while 
their  dams  lie  down  to  sieep  by  the  stream  that 
flows  in  the  cool  shade. 

3.  The  hum  of  the  bees  is  sweet,  when  the 
work  oi:  the  day  is  done,  and  thev  fold  their 
svings  to  rest  in  the  full  hive. 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  HEADER. 


11 


4.  But  far  more  sweet  than  any  of  these  is  the 
love  of  brothers  and  sisters  to  each  other.  It 
gives  many  a  joyous  laugh  to  sport.  It  takes 
many  a  sad  tear  from  grief. 

5.  And  oh  !  with  what  joy  it  is  seen  by  the 
fond  father  and  mother.  They  press  their  good 
and  kind  children  to  their  breasts,  and  pray  God 
to  bless  them. 

6.  And  He  does  and  will  bless  them;  for  the 
good  and  kind  find  favour  in  His  sight. 

7.  My  little  readers,  have  you  brothers  and 
sisters?  Love  them.  Do  all  you  can  for  them. 
Help  them  when  in  need. 

8.  So  shall  you  make  glad  the  hearts  of  your 


12 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  HEADER. 


parents.     So  shall  you  have  the  blessing  of  the 
Most  Hio-h  who  made  von. 


The  teacher  will  ask  such  questions  on  each  lesson  as 
his  own  judgment  may  suggest,  adapted  to  secure  the  atten- 
tion of  the  child,  and  to  teach  him  to  think  about  what  he 
has  read. 


UESSSMi  III. 


■  ■  ■>■•<  ■^■^^■^^Mrw^>- 
Horse  age 

bank  shoot 

come  would 

white  keeps 

next 


field 


beast 

spent 

which 

best 

years 


THE  OLD  HORSE. 


1.  Come,  James,  let  us  sit  down  on  this  bank. 
The  man  who  lives  on  the  farm  next  to  ours. 
owns  that  old  white  horse. 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER. 


13 


2.  It  has  been  a  good  horse  :  and  now  that  it 
is  worn  out  with  toil  and  old  age,  he  does  not 
shoot  it,  as  some  men  would  do  ;  but  he  is  kind 
to  it,  and  keeps  it  in  this  field,  where  it  will  live, 
free  from  toil,  till  it  dies. 

3.  He  is  a  good  man,  pa. 

Yes,  he  is,  my  dear.  We  may  be  sure  that  a 
man  is  good,  when  he  is  kind  to  his  beast,  and 
takes  care  of  one  which  has  spent  its  best  years 
in  his  service. 

4.  Pa,  is  the  horse  white  because  he  is  old  ?  I 
see  that  the  hair  of  people  becomes  gray  or  white 
as  they  grow  old. 

5.  No,  my  son,  not  exactly.  Gray  horses,  when 
young,  become  white  if  they  live  to  be  old,  but 
black,  or  brown,  or  sorrel  horses  do  not. 


LESSOl 

IV. 

There 

strikes 

taught 

pole 

kinds 

woods 

coarse 

fore 

three 

dwells 

climb 

sucks 

black 

catch 

paws 

which 

claws 

fruits 

dance 

bod'y 

THE  BEAR. 

1.  There  are  three  kinds  of  bears :  the  brown, 
the  black,  and  the  white  bear. 


14 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER. 


2.  The  soles  of  their  feet  are  long  and  run 
back  to  the  heel,  so  that  they  can  with  ease  stand 
on  their  hind  legs  ;  their  claws  are  sharp,  and  fit 
them  to  climb  high  trees  with  great  speed. 

3.  The  body  of  the  bear  is  thick,  his  legs  are 
strong  and  short,  his  hair  is  long  and  coarse.  He 
strikes  with  his  fore  paws. 

4.  He  dwells  in  the  woods,  and  lives  on  roots 
and  fruits  ;  though  it  is  said  that  the  black  bear 
will  catch  fish  for  food,  and  kill  lambs  and  kids, 
the  blood  of  which  he  sucks  like  the  cat  tribe. 

5.  A  tame  bear  mav  be  taught  to  dance,  and 
to  lay  hold  of  a  pole  with  his  fore  paws,  to  the 
great  sport  of  boys  and  girls.  But  to  learn  these 
tricks,  he  must  be  young. 


E,ESS»X  V. 

Tray 

growl 

thought 

walk 

hurt 

be-cause' 

would 

length 

should 

least 

clubs 

death 

snarl 

sprang 

harm 

bite 

piec/es 

they 

town 

stones 

those 

snap 

dealt 

much 

THE  TWO  DOGS. 

1.  Two  dogs,  Tray  and  Snap,  went  out  one  day 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  RKADEB-. 


15 


to  walk.  Tray  was  a  good  dog,  and  would  not 
hurt  the  least  thing  in  the  world  ;  but  Snap  was 
cross,  and  would  snarl  and  bite  at  all  the  do^s 
that  came  in  his  way. 

2.  At  last  they  came  to  a  great  town  ;  and  all 
the  dogs  came  out  to  see  them.  Tray  hurt  none 
of  them,  and  was  kind  to  all  ;  but  Snap  would 
growl  at  all ;  and  at  length  he  J)it  one  that  came 
too  near  him. 

3L  Then  the  men  and  boys  came  out  with 
clubs  and  stones,  and  they  beat  Snap  ;  and  the 
dogs  sprang  on  him,  and  tore  him  in  pieces. 

4.  As  Tray  was  with  him,  they  dealt  with  him 
in  the  same  way  ,  and  so  he  met  with  his  death 
at  the  same  time.  They  thought  Tray  was  bad 
because  he  was  with  a  bad  dog. 

5.  We  should  learn  from  this  that  good  boys 
and  girls  may  suffer  much  harm  if  they  go  with 
those  who  are  bad. 


LESSOl  VI. 

Ea'gle 

prey 

at-tack' 

strongest 

flesh 

chil'dren 

dar'ing 

him-self 

play'ing 

called 

seize 

sailing 

be-longs' 

rab'bits 

sick'le 

1C         OUR  OW5T  SECOND  READER. 


THE  EAGLE. 

1.  As  the  eagle  is  the  strongest,  the  most 
fierce,  and  daring  of  birds,  he  is  often  called  the 
king  of  birds.    « 

2.  He  also  belongs  to  the  class  of  birds  called 
Birds  of  Prey.     Such  birds  feed  on  flesh. 

3.  Tbe  eagle  flies  high  in  the  air,  and  makes 
ids  nest  on  lofty  rocks  ;  but  he  comes  down  to  the 
plain  in  search  of  food  for  himself  and  for  his 
young. 

4.  He  will  seize  and  carry  off  geese,  and  ducks, 
and  lambs,  and  rabbits  ,  and  he  has  also  been 
known  to  carry  off  infants,  and  even  to  attack 
quite  large  children. 

5.  Two  boys,  the  one  five,  and  the  other  seven 
years  of  age,  were  playing  in  a  field  near  the  city 
of  New  York,  while  their  parents  were  at  dinner. 

6.  A  large  eagle  soon  came  sailing  over  them, 
and,  making  a  sudden  dart,  tried  to  seize  the 
elder  boy,  but  missed  him. 

7.  The  eagle  soon  tried  again ,  but  the  boy, 
who  had  a  sickle  in  his  hand,  struck  at  the  bird 
with  it. 

8.  It  was  a  happy  blow  ;  for  the  sickle  hit  the 
bud  under  the  left  wing,  and  killed  it. 


UUU  OWN  SECOND  READ.  ,,. 


HiK«Wfi>l 

VII. 

An-otl/er 

op'po-site 

laying 

learr/inj 

bpil  King 

work'men 

brick 

ca/rijf 

gut'ting 

father 

house 

smil'inor 

or 


ONLY  ONE  BRICK  ON  ANOTHER. 

1.  John  was  looking  at  a  large  building  which 
they  were  putting  up,  opposite  his  fathers 
house, 

2.  He  watched  the  workmen,  from  day  to  day, 
as  they  carried  up  the  bricks  and  mortar,  and 
then  placed  them  in  their  proper  order. 

3.  His  father  said  to  him,  "My  son,  you  seem 
to  be  very  much  taken  up  with  those  men  who 
are  laving  the  bricks  ;  what  are  you  thinking 
about?  Have  you  any  notion  of  learning  the 
trade?" 

4.  "No,"  said  John,  smiling,  "but  I  was  just 
thinking  what  a  little  thing  a  brick  is  ;  and  yet 
that  great  house  is  built  by  only  laying  one  brick 
upon  another." 

5.  "  Very  true,  my  son.  Never  forget  it.  Just 
so  it  is  in  all  great  works.  All  your  learning  is 
only  one  lesson  added  to  another. 

6.  "  If  a  man  could  walk  all  around  the  globe, 
it  would  be  done  by  taking  one  step  at  a  time. 
Your  whole  life  will  be  made  up  of  one  little 


18  OUR  OWN  SKCOND  READEK.   ' 

moment    after    another.      Drop    added    to    drop 
makes  the  sea. 

7.  "Learn  from  this  not  to  despise  little 
things.  The  greatest  labour  becomes  easy  if 
divided  into  parts.  You  could  not  jnmp  over  a 
mountain,  but  step  after  step  takes  you  to  the 
other  si  tie. 

8.  "Do  not  fear  to  attempt  great  tilings.  Bear 
in  mind  that  tiie  whole  of  that  house  is  only  one 
brick  on  another." 


i.!::**o\  VIM. 

1  / 


I  ,a'zy  d  rags  i  at '  i  er 

name  grim  pad'dle 

i  think  once  mi-washed? 

Bli.mie  know  lol'ling 

spoil  dnnce  a-gainst' 

aw  hi"  choose  uieh'm 

fchite  shame  pen'eil 

THE   LAZY  BOY. 

1.  The  lazy  lad  !  and  what's  his  namet 

I  should  not  like  to  tell ; 
But  don't  you  think  it  is  a  shame 
That  he  can't  read  and  spell  ? 

2.  IleM  rather  swing  upon  a  gate^ 

Or  paddle  in  a  brook. 


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Than  take  bis  pencil  and  Iris  slate, 
Or  try  to  read  his  book. 

3.  There,  see!  he's  lounging  down  the  street, 

His  hat  without  a  rim  ; 
He  rather  drags  than  lifts  Uis  feet — 
His  face  unwashYl  and  grim. 

4.  He  's  lolling  now  against  a  post, 

But  if  you've  seen  him  once, 
Yon  '11  know  the  lad  among  a  host, 
For  what  he  is — a  dunce. 

5.  Don't  ask  me  what's  the  urchin's  name — 

I  do  not  choose  to  tell ; 
But  this  you  '11  know — it  is  the  same, 
As  his  who  does  not  blush  for  shame, 

That  he  don't  read  or  spell. 


iifigsai  ix. 

Cab'in 

storm 

aw'ful 

bottom 

guess 

croucl/ing 

rag'ged 

thought 

paused 

fear'ful 

loaf 

ex-pect'ing 

children 

bought 

listened 

hiu/gry 

bread 

young'er 

par'ing 

raged 

trust'ful 

GIVE  US  TIIIS  DAY  OCR  DAILY  BREAD. 

1.  In  a  poor  cabin,  at  the  bottom  of  a  hill,  two 


20  OUU  OVV.\  SECOND  KKADlu. 

children  sat  by  a  five  which  had  nearlv  <mn  •    nt 
They   were   poorly  clad,    coLl    and    hungry, 
storm   raged   without — a  fearful  storm,    : 
which  man  and  beast  were  alike  powerless. 

2.  A  poor  old  miser,  much  poorer  than  these 
shivering  children,  though  he  had  heaps  of  money 
at  home,  drew  his  ragged  cloak  about  him  as  he 
sat  down  on  the  door-step  of  this  miserable  cabin. 
He  dare  not  enter  for  fear  they  would  ask  for 
food,  and  he  could  not  move  for  the  storm. 

3.  "  I  am  hungry,  Nettie." 

'•  So  am  I  ;  I.  Ve  been  hunting  for  a  potato 
paring,  but  can't  find  any." 

4.  "  What  an  awful  storm ! 

"  Yes,  the  old  tree  has  blown  down.  I  guess 
God  took  care  that  it  did  not  fall  on  the  house. 
See,  it  would  certainly  have  killed  us." 

5.  "  If  lie  could  do  that,  could  He  not  send  us 
bread  % " 

"  I  think  so  :  let  us  pray  '  Our  Father/  and 
when  we  come  to  that  part,  stop  till  we  get  some 
bread." 

6.  So  they  began,  and  the  miser,  cold  and 
crouching,  listened.  When  they  paused,  expect- 
ing in  their  childish  faith  to  see  food  enter  the 
room  by  some  miracle,  a  human  feeling  stole 
over  his  heart ;  God  sent  some  angel  to  soften  it. 

7.  He  had  bought  a  loaf  at  the  village,  think- 


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in-'  i1  would  last  Vim  n  -  i  many  days,  but  the 
gj'ei  ■•  of  the  ch  Wren  sj -he  lou  Lei*  to  him  than 
the  ii"  se  of  many  v  aters. 

8.  He  opened  the  door  softly,  threw  in  the  loaf, 
and  then  listened  to  the  wild  and  eager  cry  of 
delight  that  came  from  the  starving  little  ones. 

9.  *•  It  dropped  right  down  from  heaven,  didn't 
it?"  said  the  younger. 

"Yes,  I  mean  to  love  God  always,  for  giving 
us  bread,  because  we  asked  Him." 

]().  *We  will  ask  Him  every  day,  won't  we  ? — 
why,    I  never  thought   God   was   so   good— did 

you  1 * 

"  Yes,  I  always  thought  so,  but  I  never  quite 

knew  it  before." 

11.  "  Let  us  ask  Him  to  give  father  work  to 
do  all  the  time,  so  we  may  never  be  hungry 
aoain.  He  will  do  it,  I  am  sure/' 
~12.  The  storm  passed.  The  miser  went  home. 
A  new  Leling  had  sprung  up  in  his  heart.  The 
prayer  and  faith  of  these  starving  children  filled 
his  heart  with  pity  for  the  poor,  and  made  him 
resolve  to  be  a  better  man. 

13,  In  a  few  weeks  the  miser  died,  but  not 
before  he  had  given  the  cottage,  which  was  his. 
to  the  father  of  these  praying  children. 

14.  And  the  little  girls  ever  after  felt  a  sweet 
and  solemn  •    w  to  their  morning  pm 


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OUR  OWN  SEOOND  UEADEtt. 


tliey  came  to  those  trustful  words — "  Give  us  this 
day  our  daily  bread. " 


&E$SOS    X. 


Koam'ing 

li'on 

na'tive 

par- .suit' 
fear'ed 

A/7     • 
i  ri-ca 

plains 

fierce 


cat'tle 

beasts 

cliff 

sud'den 

some'times 

fol'low 

see'ino; 

watch'ino; 


THE  LI  OX 

1.  The  lion  is  often  called  the  king;  of  beasts, 
and  when  he  is  wild,  and  roaming  over  his  native 
plains  in  pursuit  of  his  prey,  lie  is  feared  both  by 
beasts  and  men. 

2.  We  cannot  well  judge  how  strong  and  fierce 
he  is  from  what  we  see  of  him  in  a  tame  state. 
Very  large  and  fierce  lions  are  found  in  the  south 
of  Africa  ;  and  they  are  a  terror  to  the  tribes 
who  dwell  there.  They  carry  off  cattle ;  and  some- 
times they  come  into  the  fields,  near  the  houses, 
and  carry  off  men. 

3.  A  man  in  South  Africa  was  once  out  late  in 
the  day,  far  from  home,  when  he  saw  a  lion  at  a 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  KEADEK.  23 

distance.     The  lion  saw  him  at  the  same  time, 
and  began  to  follow  him  slowlv. 

4.  When  the  man  walked  fast,  the  lion  walked 
fast;  and  when  he  stopped,  the  lion  stopped. 
He  saw  that  the  lion  meant  to  follow  him  until 
dark,  and  then  spring  upon  him,  and  make  a  meal 
of  him. 

5.  As  he  could  not  run  away  from  the  Hon,  he 
kiew  that  his  only  chance  lor  life  was  to  cheat 
the  beast  in  some  way.  JSo  when  lie  came  to  a 
high  cliff,  below  which  Was  a  deep  rocky  hollow, 
h(  climbed  down,  where  the  lion  could  not  seo 
him. 

6.  Here  he  fixed  a  stick  in  the  rocks,  ami  put 
oi  it  his  coat  and  hat,  so  as  to  make  them  look 
lile  a  man  ;  and  "then  he  hid  under  a  rock  on 
oie  side. 

7.  Soon  the  lion  came  creeping  slyly  alon^ 
wien,  seeing  the  coat  and  hat,  he  made  a  sudden 
aping  at  them,  ami.  falling  down  the  eliif,  was 
kiled. 


LESSOR  XI. 

Lies 

hon'est 

care'lcss 

Ei'bJe 

;old 

teacl/er 

an'gry 

cui'l'y 

;orn 

wiu'dow 

your-self 

bad'jy 

ruth 

wiek'ed 

de-spise' 

be-c;iusef 

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GUI!  OWN  SECOND  READ  Elf. 


NEVER  TELL  A  LIE. 

1.  No,  ctb  riot  tell  a  lie.  Tell  the  truth  at  all 
times,  and  be  kind  and  iroed  to  all,  ami  then  all 
will  love  you,  and  you  will  be  happy 

2.  Do  vo;i  know  that  it  is  sficked  to  tell  liA&! 
Yes,  you  have  often  been  told  so.  The  holy 
Bible  says  so  :  and  the  Bible  tells  the  truth,  it 
is  Very  mean,  as  well  as  very  wicked,  to  tkf) 
lies. 

3.  If  you  tell  lies,  God  will  be  angry  with  you  ; 
all  good  men  will  despise  you  ;  and  all  good,  bofs 
and  girls  will  shun  von.  Then  what,  would  yiu 
gain  by  telling  lies'?  You  would  not  gain  aiy- 
thiuii',  but  vou  would  lose  much 

4.  If  you  tell  lies,  you  will  also  feel  bady 
yourself.  You  will  know  that  fun  have  dote 
wrong;  and  when  you  are  wicked  you  camnt 
help  feeling  badly     A  bad  boy  cannot  be  h&ppr. 

5.  Then  be  a  gbpd  and  honest  child,  so  that  dl 
can  love  you.  If  you  have  been  careless,  aid 
have  broken  a  window,  or  torn  a  nice  book  >r 
lost  the  door-key,  or  upset  the  ink  <>n  the  tabe? 
go  to  your  father,  or  mother,  or  teacher,  ad 
own  it. 

6.  Yes.  that  is  the  best  way  ;  t1  at  is  the  rioht 
wav  :  th  t  is  the  honest  way.  tijd  you  i  pi 
like  to  be  Happy  1     Then  be  an  honest  cold,  aid 


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never,  never  tell   a   lie.     Lb  you  wish  to  be  a 
child  of  God  ?    Then  speak  the  truth. 

7.  Once  there  was  a  little  boy, 

With  curly  hair  and  pleasant  eye, 
A  Doy  who  always  loved  the  truth, 
And  never,  never  told  a  lie. 

8.  And  when  he  started  off  to  school, 

The  children  all  about  would  cry, 
There  goes  the  curly-headed  boy — 
'J  he  boy  that  never  tells  a  lie. 

9.  And  everybody  loved  him  so, 

B  cause  he  always  told  the  truth, 
That  often,  as  he  older  grew, 

Twas   said,    "There    goes    the   honest 
youth." 

10.  And  when  the  people  that  stood  near, 
Would  turn  to  ask  the  reason  why, 
The  answer  would  be  always  this : 
Because  he  never  told  a  lie. 


JLfc>M»* 

XII. 

Work 

brin  ;s 

some'timoa 

which 

deal 

use'ful 

help 

please 

du'ti  ful 

yea 

proud 

mer'ci-ful 

school 

fight 

sau'cy 

26  OUR  OWN  SECOND  HEADER. 


WILLING  TO  WORK. 

1.  What  can  this  boy  do  1 

He  is  willing  to  work,  but  be  is  not  old  enough 
to  do  much. 

2.  But  there  are  many  things  in  which  children 
can  help  their  parents  a  little. 

Oh,  yes,  he  can  do  many  things  ;  sometimes  he 
brings  water  for  his  mother,  and  sometimes  he 
goes  to  school. 

3.  And  what  does  Mary  do  ? 

Oil,  she  does  a  great  deal  to  help  her  mother. 

4.  How  pleasant  it  is  when  children  try  to  be 
useful  and  dutiful  to  their  parents ;  when  they 
are  not  idle,  nor  proud,  nor  saucy.  When  they 
do  not  tell  lies,  nor  say  bad  words,  nor  steal,  nor 
fight ;  but  are  kind,  and  good,  and  merciful  both 
to  man  and  beast, 

5.  If  your  parents  take  care  of  )^ou,  and  teach 
you  to  be  good,  they  are  very  kind  to  you.  You 
ought  to  help  them,  when  you  can  do  it,  with 
good- will. 

6.  When  you  think  how  much  such  parents 
have  done  fur  you,  it  should  give  you  pleasure  to 
please  them. 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER. 


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b,:<:*>mj>\  xaaa. 

Cam'el 

ood'y 

trav'el 

use'i'ul 

humps 

sand'y 

an'i-mal 

tough 

heav'y 

need'ed 

k'tie  1 

with-outl' 

des'erts 

cloth 

peo'ple 

cross'inur 

fleah 

sup-plies' 

o'ceans 

neck 

al'inost 

THE  CAMEL. 

1.  The  camel  is  a  very  useful  animal.  It  is 
found  where  it  is  most  needed  ;  in  lands  where 
there  are  great  deserts.  From  its  use  in  crossing 
these  oceans  of  sand,  it  is  called  "The  Ship  of  the 
Desert/' 

2.  The  camel  has  a  long  neck,  a  small  head,  and 
a  stout  body.  It  has  long  legs.  Some  camels 
have  two  humps  on  the  back,  and  some  have  only 
one. 

3.  The  camel  has  broad  feet ;  and  the  sole  of 
the  foot  is  covered  with  a  tough  skin,  so  that  the 
animal  can  travel  with  ease  over  dry,  stony,  and 
sandy  places. 

4  It  carries  a  heavy  load  on  its  back  ;  and  it 
can  travel,  with  a  load,  thirty  or  forty  miles  in  a 
day.     It  can  go  many  days  without  water. 

5.  The  camel  will  kneel  for  its  master  to  put 
the  load  on  its  back,  or  to  have  it  taken  off. 


28  OUK  OWN  SECOND  READER. 


G.  Hi  is  animal  supplies  ul m  >-t  all  t-Iie  wants  of 
the  ;  '•'  •  of  the  desert".  Its  flesh  and  milk  are 
used  for  food;  and  its  hair  and  wool  are  made 
into  cloth; 


LISSSOl  XIV. 

Earth 

birds 

keep 

good' 

made 

warm 

thoughts 

pray 

stars 

rain 

grain 

bless 

roam 

dew 

on'ly 

right 

GOD  IS  NEAR. 

1.  It  is  God  who  made  all  things.  He  made 
the  earth,  and  He  made  the  sun,  and  the  moon, 
and  the  stars  also. 

2.  God  made  the  beasts  that  roam  over  the 
earth,  the  birds  that  fly  in  the  air,  and  the  fish 
that  swim  in  the  rivers,  the  lakes,  and  the  great 
sea.     Ho  made  man  also. 

3.  God  makes  the  tender  herb  and  the  grass  to 
grow,  as  well  as  the  tall  trees  of  the  forest ;  and 
He  sends  the  rain  and  the  dew  to  water  them,  and 
the  sun  to  warm  them. 

4.  He  gives  us  all  our  food  :  for  if  He  did  not 
take  care  of  the  beasts,  and  the  birds,  and  the 
fish,  and  the  grain  that  we  sow,  and  the  seeds 
that  we  plant,  all  of  them  would  die ;  and  then 
we  should  die  also. 


OVR   OWN   .  !  COND   HEADER. 


5.  But  God  not  only  takes  care  of  us,  and  all 
tilings  around  u$,  but  He  is  also  near  us  at  all 

Les.     He  sees  us  now.     He  sees  all  that  we  :lo, 
;d  He  knows  all  our  thoughts.     He  knows  all 
i  J  tings. 

6.  We  should  thank  God   i\  r  all  His  goodness 
>  us.     We  should  pray  to  Mini    often,  and  ask 

Mini  to  keep  us  from  sin,  and  to  bless  us. 

7.  When  we  rise  from  bed  in  the  morning,  and 
when  we  lie  down  at  night,  we  should  lift  up 
our  hearts  to  Him  in  prayer.  God  will  hear  us, 
iind  if  we  pray  to  Him  with  a  right  heart,  He 
will  bless  us,  both  in  this  world,  and  in  the  world 
fo  come. 


IiE$*«*  XV. 

Please 

mam-ma' 

pleased 

daily 

spell 

.  Sav'iour 

oiv'en 

picture 

rule 

children 

pa-pa' 

pret'ty 

mind 

heaven 

les'son 

lit'tle 

THE  GOOD    CHILD. 

1.  I  love  to  do  as  1  am  bid ; 
I  love  to  please  mamma  ; 
I  love  to  get  my  lesson,  too, 
And  spell  to  my  papa. 


30  OUR  OWN   SECOND  READER. 


2.  AVI  en  children  want  my  pretty  toys, 

Or  little  picture- boo]£, 
I  clearly  love  to  give  them  up, 
And  see  iiovv  pleased  they  look. 

3.  I  love  to  please  the  Saviour,  too, 

And  mind  the  rule  He  's  given, 
For  then  I  think  that  I  shall  go 
To  live  with  Him  in  heaven. 


I.RMSOS 

XVI. 

Speak 

touch 

mean 

want 

tree 

fon  nd 

branch 

cries 

climb 

right 

round 

flown 

clothes 

hold 

worth 

build 

down 

nest 

shrieks 

town 

A  BAD  BOY  PUNISHED. 

Frank.  0  mother,  lock  at  that  boy  in  the 
tree. 

Mother.  You  should  not  climb  trees,  little 
boy  ;  you  will  tear  your  clothes,  and  your  father 
and  mother,  I  daresay,  have  to  work  hard  to  get 
them  for  you.  Come  down,  ami  let  me  speak  to 
you. 

Toy.     Let  me  get  this  bird  s  nest  first. 

Charles.     Oh,  do  not  touch  the  bird's  nest. 


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Boy.  And  why  not?  I  found  it,  and  I  Lav* 
;t  right  to  take  it. 

Mother,  You  are  a  rude  bov,  and  a  bad  one, 
too,  I  f  ar.  Why  should  you  rob  the  poor  bird 
of  its  nest  % 

Charles.  Look,  mother  !  he  has  out  hold  of 
the  nest  ;  and  see  !  there  are  some  young  birds 
in  it  ;  and  hark  !  what  a  pad  cry  the  old  ones 
make  for  them,  as  they  fly  from  branch  to  branch 
round  the  boy's  head. 

Mother.  Pray  do  not  hurt  them.  Come  down, 
and  I  will  give  you  more  than  the  birds  are 
worth. 

Charles.     Do,  mother. 

Mother.  What  would  you  say,  little  boy,  if 
some  one  were  to  find  out  your  home,  and  were 
to  take  you  from  your  father  and  mother,  in  spite 
of  all  the  shrieks  and  cries  which  you  or  they 
mi  Hit  make  *? 

Boy.  Why,  as  to  that,  not  much  ;  but  what 
do  you  mean  to  <nve  me  % 

Mother.  Do  you  not  know  that  those  poor 
birds,  whose  nest  you  now  want  to  take,  have 
flown  miles  and  miles,  day  by  day,  to  pick  up 
twigs,  and  moss,  and  hay.  and  bits  of  wool,  to 
build  it  with  ? 

Boy.     There  is  no  wool  in  it  that  I  can  see. 

Mother.     Fie,  fie !  you  are  a  bad   buy ;    and 


32         OUR  OWN  SECOND  HEADER. 


God.  w-ho  sees  ..you  do  ill,  will  one  day  make  you 
feel  For  all  the  pain  you  give  to  those  poor  birds. 
Come,  ray  dear,  it  is  time  for  us  to  turn  back. 

The  next  day,  when  Frank  and  Charles  went  to 
school,  they  were  told  that  a  boy  had  been  found 
dead  in  a  lane  close  by  the  town.  It  was  the 
boy  they  had  seen  in  the  tree  ! 


MESSIMi  XVII. 

Though 

book 

mam-ma' 

brothers 

think 

worth 

leis'ure 

pret'ty 

know 

pre'cious 

rush'es 

your-selves' 

please 

writ'ten 

Mo'ses 

Sam/son 

THE  BIBLE. 

1.  Can  you  see  God  1  No  :  you  cannot  see 
Him.  No  one  in  this  world  can  see  Him,  though 
He  can  see  us  all  the  time.  He  looks  at  us,  and 
sees  all  we  do  ;  He  hears  all  we  say,  and  He  knows 
everything  which  we  think  about  or  wish,  even 
if  we  do  not  tell  it  to  anybody. 

2.  Do  you  not  wish  to  please  God,  who  is  so 
mood  and  kind  to  you  ?     Yes,  I  hope  you  do. 

3.  But  how  do  we  know  just  what  will  please 
Him  I  We  never  saw  Him  to  ask  Him  how  we 
could  please  Him,  and  how  shall  we  know  % 

4.  I  will  tell  you.     He  has  given  us  a  book  in 


O'Jlt  OWN  SECOND  HEADER.  35 


which  is  written  down  just  what  He  wishes  us  to 
do  ;  and  in  it;  are  written  also  what  kind  things 
He  has  done  for  us,  and  what  more  He  means  to 
do.     Must  not  this  be  a  very  precious  book'? 

5.  What  is  its  name  ?  It  is  the  Bible.  The 
Bible  is  God's  book  ;  it  is  the  book  which  He  lias 
given  us  to  teach  us  what  will  please  Him.  It  is 
the  most  precious  b  ok  in  the  whole  world.  It 
is  worth  more  than  all  the  rest  of  the  books  in 
the  world  put  together. 

6.  When  you  learn  how  to  read  well,  you  must 
love  to  read  the  Bible.  God  did  not  make  it  for 
grown-up  people  only  ;  it  was  made  for  children 
too.  A  great  many  things  in  it  are  about,  little 
children.  It  is  full  of  the  most  beautiful  stories 
in  the  world  ;  stories  for  children. 

7.  Ask  your  mamma,  when  she  is  at  leisure,  to 
tell  you  one  of  tue  pretty  stories  out  of  the  Bible. 
The  story  of  JVloses  in  the  ark  of  bulrushes,  or  the 
story *of  that  good  man,  Daniel,  who  was  shut  up 
in  the  lions'  den,  or  of  Samson,  who  was  so  very 
strong,  or  of  Joseph,  who  was  sold  for  a  slave  by 
his  brothers. 

8.  But  1  cannot  tell  you  the  names  of  all  these 
pretty  stories  ;  you  must  learn  to  read  the  Bible, 
and  find  them  all  out  for  vourselves. 


B 


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LI>MII 

XVIII. 

tlouse 

boards 

strange 

trice 

teeth 

gnaw 

flight 

whole 

shelves 

plague 

pride 

thought 

guard 

caught 

curse 

hole 

cheese 

friends 

crept 

young      « 

THE  RAT  WITH  A  BELL. 

1.  A  large  old  house  was  so  full  of  rats,  that 
not  a  thing  could  be  kept  from  their  teeth.  They 
would  climb  walls  to  get  at  the  hams  ;  shelves, 
hung  from  the  roof  by  strings,  were  no  safe- 
guard to  the  cheese,  and  biuad,  and  pies ;  and 
they  could  gnaw  their  way  through  floors;  and 
doors,  and  boards,  and  walls. 

2.  They  were  so  sly  and  quick  that  the  cat 
could  not  get  at  them.  So  great  was  the  plague 
of  these  rats,  that  it  was  thought  the  house  must 
needs  be  torn  down,  as  the  only  way  to  get  rid  of 
them,  when  two  boys,  by  a  rare  chance,  caught  a 
young  one  in  a  trap. 

3.  For  mere  sport,  and  with  no  thought  of  the 
good  that  would  grow  out  of  the  act,  they  made 
fast  a  small  l>ell  to  his  neck,  and  then  let  him  go. 
The  rat  ran  with  great  joy  to  the  first  hole,  to 
join  his  friends ;  but  they,  when  they  heard  the 
etrange  sound  of  the  bell,  made  off,  some  this  way 
and  some  that 


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4.  Our  rat  at  once  knew  the  cause  of  their 
flight.  Full  of  the  joke,  he  rang  his  hell  as  loud 
as  he  could  ;  and  drove  them  from  hole  to  hole 
and  from  room  to  room,  till  at  last,  in  their  feax,v 
they  all  fled  out  of  the  house. 

5.  The  young  rat  had  now  the  whole  hous$.for 
his  own  use,  and  ate  much  of  the  good  things  in 
it.  But  at  last  he  tires  of  this  lone  way  of  life, 
and  longs  to  have  his  old  friends  la  k. 

6.  He  now  tries  to  get  rid  of  his  bell,  and  drags 
and  pulls  at  it  with  his  fore  feet  till  he  wears  the 
skin  off  his  neck,  but  all  in  vain.  The  bell,  which 
had  been  his  pride  and  joy,  \va&  now  his  eur3e; 
he  heeds  no  more  the  rich  food,  when  there  is.  ao. 
one  to  eat  it  with  him  ;  and  one  day,  as,  sad  and 
slow,  he  crept  from  room  to  room,  he  fell  in.  the* 
way  of  puss,  who  put  an  end  to  his  life  and  hh 
grief  in  a  trice. 


LESSON  XIX. 

Spring        thrown         grain  car'riea        I 

homes         fields             trees  use'ful         j 

shores         mate             young  farni'er 

builds         cake              rob'in  de-stroy'     j 

crumbs       worms          ex-cepf  gar'den        * 

THE  BLUE-BIRD  AND  THE  ROBIN. 

1.  The  blue-bird  and  the  robin  are  the  firs^ 


36  OUR  OWN  SECOND  HEADER, 


birds  we  see  in  tlie  spring.  When  the  snow  has 
gone,  an<l  the  first  warm  days  of  spring  have 
come,  they  leave  their  homes,  in  far-off  lands,  ami 
come  to  our  shores. 

2.  The  blue-bird  makes  its  nest  in  a  box  in  the 
garden,  or  in  a  hole  in  an  old  tree  ;  and  the  robin 
builds  her  nest  near  the  top  of  a  tall  apple-tree. 

S.  The  blue- bird  and  the  robin  sometimes  build 
nests  near  the  house  :  most  other  birds,  except 
the  martin  and  swallow,  are  afraid  to  come  near 
to  a  house. 

4.  When  the  robin  lias  built  its  nest,  you  will 
see  the  father  bird,  perhaps  many  times  in  the 
day,  come  close  to  the  door,  to  pick  up  the  crumbs 
that  are  thrown  out  of  the  house.  He  does  not 
eat  them  himself,  but  carries  them  to  the  nest 
where  his  mate,  the  mother  bird,  is  with  her  young 
ones,  and  he  gives  the  ernmbs  to  them. 

5.  Sometimes  you  will  see  him  in  the  gnrden, 
or  in  the  field,  when  the  ground  has  been  dug  up, 
looking  for  worms  ;  for  robins  love  to  eat  worms 
quite  as  well  as  they  love  crumbs  of  bread  and 
cake.  When  the  father  bird  has  fed  his  mate 
and  the  young  ones,  he  sits  on  a  tree  near  the 
nest,  and  sings  to  them. 

6.  Robins  are  very  useful  to  farmers,  for  they 
destroy  the  worms  that  would  hurt  the  trees,  or 
the  grain. 


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tiisssiii  xx. 

Look 

light 

o. 

scatter 

op-press-ed' 

while 

sonie'thin<r 

bles'sino-s 

re-tura'iiiff 

smiles 

em-ploy7 

path' way 

foun'iaiu 

earth 

sel'iLh 

dis-pel'ling 

dark'un-ed 

grief 

active 

sym'pa-thy 

glad'den 

LIVE  FOR   SOMETHING. 

1.  Live  for  something,  be  not  idle, 

Look  about  thee  for  employ ; 
Sit  not  down  to  useless  dreaming; 

Labour  is  the  sweetest  joy. 
Folded  bands  are  ever  weary, 

Selfish  hearts  are  never  gay  ; 
Life  for  thee  hath  many  duties  : 

Active  be,  then,  while  you  may. 

2.  Scatter  blessings  in  thy  pathway  ! 

Gentle  words  and  cheering  smiles 
Better  are  than  gold  and  silver, 

With  their  grief-dispelling  wi!c3. 
As  the  pleasant  sunshine  falleth 

Ever  on  the  grateful  earth, 
So  let  sympathy  and  kindness 

Gladden  well  the  darken  VI  hearth. 

3.  Hearts  there  are  oppressM  and  w  eary ; 

Drop  tne  tear  of  sympathy, 


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Whisper  words  of  hope  and  comfort* 
Give,  and  thy  re  war  I  shall  be 

Joy  unto  thy  soul  returning 
.From  this  perfect  fountain-head. 

Freely,  as  thou  freely  givest, 
Shall  the  grateful  light  be  shed. 


tiESSO*  XXI. 

Sports 

fish'injsr 

knife 

food 

get'ting 

own 

leave 

fish'es 

costly 

catch 

ear'ry 

at-tached' 

ought 

pleas'ant 

h'n'gers 

brook 

curved 

re-sort' 

trout 

sometimes 

at-tracts' 

roach 

sur'geon 

pur-sued' 

FISHING. 

1.  Of  all  the  sports  of  young  persons,  there  is 
none  which  attracts  them  more  than  fishing.  It 
is  often  pursued  for  the  sake  of  getting  iish  for 
food. 

2.  When  boys  catch  fish  they  ought  to  carry 
them  home  to  eat,  or  3ell  them,  or  give  them 
away  for  others  to  eat. 

3.  In  the  spring  of  the  year,  the  brook,  the 
river,  and  the  pond  afford  a  pleasant  resort  and 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER.  39 

fine  sport.  The  sly  trout,  the  dace,  the  carp,  the 
perch,  and  the  roach,  invite  the  boys  with  their 
rods  and  lines,  hooks  and  bait,  in  great  numbers. 

4.  The  best  lines  are  made  of  raw  silk,  and  the 
best  hooks  are  always  a  little  curved.  Little  boye 
sometimes  get  the  hook  in  their  own  hands  or 
fingers,  and  then  the  surgeon  has  to  come,  with 
his  sharp  knife,  and  cut  it  out. 

5.  Fishing-rods  are  sometimes  made  in  joints 
that  slide  into  each  other,  and  make  a  cane.  Such 
rods  are  costly  Lines  are  also  sometimes  wound 
upon  reels  which  are  attached  to  the  rod.  With 
a  reel,  the  fisher  can,  with  ease,  make  his  line 
long  or  short. 


Meal  straw  brotl/er  can'not 

trough  think  naught-v'  some'thins 

cross  hun'gry  al-tholigh/  wa'ter 

growls  him-self  sis'ter  man'ger 

THE  DOG   IN   THE   MANGER. 

1  Here  is  an  ox  going  to  his  manger.  His 
manger  is  a  box  or  trough,  where  his  food  is  kept 
His  food  is  hay,  or  straw,  or  meal  wet  with  water. 

2.  l>ut  the  ox  finds  a  cross  dog  in  the  manger. 
and  the  dog  barks  and  growls  at  him:   .so  that 


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the  poor  ox,  who  is  vrry  hungry,  dares  not  go 
near  his -manger,  for  fear  this  cross  dost  will  bite 
him. 

3.  The  dog  knows  that  the  poor  ox  is  hungry  ; 
but  he  canuot  eat  the  hay  himself,  nor  will  he 
let  the  poor  hungry  ox  eat  it. 

4.  Now,  this  is  very  much  like  a  cross  little 
boy,  who  has  a  little  brother  or  a  sister  that  wants 
something  which  lie  has,  and  which  the  boy  will 
not  give  up,  although  he  does  not  want  to  play 
with  it  himself. 

5.  Now,  if  your  little  brother  or  your  little 
sister  wants  something  which  you  have,  think  of 
this  story  of  the  dug  in  the  manger,  and  do  not 
act  like  this  naughty  dog.  who,  though  he  did  not 
wish  to  eat  the  hay  himself,  would  not  let  the 
poor  hungry  ox  eat  it. 


IiKSSOl  XXII 1. 

Shade 

trust 

splen'did 

trackless 

large 

ly'ing 

yel'low 

bul'wark 

world 

pump'kin 

a'corn 

home'ward 

struck 

grow'ing 

ap-pear' 

ance 

myr'i-ads 

learn 

creep'ing 

in'stru- 

ment 

wis'dom 

THE   FALL  OF  THE   ACORN. 

1.  A  man  was  lvins  in  the  shade  of  an  oak- 
tree,  and  looking  at  a  pumpkin  which  was  grow- 


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ing  in  a  garden  close  by,     He  shook  liis  head,  and 
said,  "  Well,  well  !     Here  seems  to  he  a  mistake. 

2.  "It  does  not  appear  quite  right  to  me  that 
the  little  creeping  pumpkin-vine  should  produce 
such  a  large,  splendid  fruit;  and  the  large,  noble 
oak-tree  should  bring  forth  such  a  poor  little  one. 

3.  "  Now,  if  I  had  made  the  world,  the  oak- 
tree  should  have  made  a  splendid  appearance, 
with  large  pumpkins  as  yellow  as  gold,  and  heavy 
as  a  cannon-ball/' 

4.  Hardly  hail  he  said  this,  when  an  acorn 
dropped  from  the  tree,  and  struck  him  so  sharply 
on  the  nose  as  to  make  it  bleed. 

5.  Pie  started  to  his  feet,  and  exclaimed,  "  It  is 
all  right,  after  all !  If  this  acora  had  been  a 
pumpkin,  my  head  would  have  been  broken,  to  a 
certainty  !  " 

6.  God  has  made  the  world  in  wisdom  and  in 
love;  and  where  we  cannot  understand  the  uses 
of  things,  we  should  believe  that  Cod,  who  sees 
their  beginnings  and  their  ends,  is  the  best  judo-e. 

7.  Learn  to  trust  in  God,  and  to  believe  that 
all  He  does  for  us  is  for  the  best. 

8.  Nothing  so  small  that  God  has  made 
But  has  its  destined  end  ; 
All  in  their  turn  His  purpose  serve- 
All  to  His  glory  tend. 


42  OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER. 

9.  The  grain  of  dust,  to  sight  unseen, 
With  myriads  may  combine 
To  form  a  bulwark  to  the  sea, 
Its  limits  to  confine. 

10.  The  little  drop  of  pearly  dew 

Which  on  the  blue-bell  lies, 
May,  in  the  sun's  bright  beams,  appear 
A  rainbow  in  the  skies  ; 

11.  Or  in  the  trackless  ocean  main. 

With  others  have  a  share, 
On  which  the  ship  when  homeward  bound, 
Some  loving  heart  shall  bear. 

12.  And  thus  the  humblest  of  us  all 

God's  instrument  may  prove. 
To  bless  and  shed  o'er  fellow-men 
The  bounty  of  His  love  ! 


L'fiS9fek*2fc  XXIV. 

Clothes  truth  cloth'ing  knowledge 

know  wool  ap-pear'  vir'tue 

Bheep  pret'ty  dres'sed  rai'ment 

coat  be-fore'  but'ter-fly  colors 

spun  tu'lip  ap-par'el  silk7  worm 

THE  CLOTHES  WE  WEAR. 

1.  Do  you  know  what  your  clothes  are  made- 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER.  43 

of?  The  new  coat  which  you  think  so  pretty 
was  once  wool  which  grew  on  the  back  of  a 
gheep. 

2.  tt  kept  the  sheep  warm  before  it  kept  you 
warm.  It  was  the  coat  which  it  wore  ;  and  when 
the  sheep  had  done  with  it,  it  was  made  into  a 
coat  for  you. 

3.  Has  your  brother  a  pair  of  nice  silk  gloves  1 
A  little  worm  spun  the  silk  of  which  they  were 
made. 

4.  Is  your  dress  as  pretty  as  that  which  the 
tulip  wears  ?  Some  flies  are  dressed  in  rich  green 
coats  ;  and  the  butterfly  wears  a  coat  of  many 
colors.     Are  your  clothes  as  pretty  as  theirs  ! 

5.  How  proud  we  are  ;  how  fond  to  show 
Our  clothes,  and  call  them  rich  and  new ; 
"When  the  poor  sheep  and  silkworm  wore 
That  very  clothing  long  before. 

(5.  The  tulip  and  the  butterfly 
Appear  in  gayer  coats  than  I  ; 
Let  me  be  dress'd  fine  as  I  will, 
Flies,  worms,  and  flowers,  exceed  me  BtilL 

7.  Tiien  will  1  set  my  heart  to  find 
Inward  adornings  of  the  mind  ; 
Knowledge  and  virtue,  truth  and  grace  ; 
These  are  the  robes  of  richest  dress. 


44  OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER. 


8.  No  more  shall  worms  with  me  compare  ; 
This  is  the  raiment  angels  wear  ; 
The  Son  of  God,  when  here  below. 
Put  on  this  blest  apparel  too. 


George    bless  en-tire'ly  Vir-<nn'ia 

shore       Po-to'mac  punc'tu-al  coun'trv-inen 

trunk      de-ci*'ion  pi'e-ty  Fel/ru-a-ry 

thought  heav'en-ly  fnl  filled'  President 

sake        Wash  ins;  ton  o-be'di-ent  diTi-s&lit 

Washington's  regard  for  his  mother. 

1.  Gbokgk  Washington,  when  a  boy,  had  got- 
ten ready  to  go  to  sea  as  a  midshipman.  Every- 
thing was  arranged  for  his  departure. 

2.  The  vessel  lay  opposite  to  his  mother's  house 
on  the  river  Potomac  ;  the  small  boat  had  been 
sent  to  the  shore  to  take  him  off,  and  his  heart 
was  bent  on  going. 

3.  After  his  trunk  had  been  put  on  board  the 
boat,  lie  went  to  bid  his  mother  farewell.  He 
saw  the  tears  in  her  eyes  :  she  was  sail  at  the 
thought  of  his  leaving  her. 

4.  (Jeorge  said  nothing  to  her  ;  but  he  saw 
that  she  would  be  greatly  distressed  if  he  went  ; 
and  he  resolve  1  that,  for  his  mother's  sake,  he 
would  give  up  his  wish  to  go  to  sea. 


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5.  He  said  to  the  man  who  had  carried  his 
trunk  to  the  boat:  "Go  and  hvkig  back  niv 
trunk  ;  I  will  not  go  away,  if  my  mother  is  to  be 
made  unhappy  by  it." 

6.  George's  mother  was  glad  at  his  decision  ; 
but  still  more  glad  because  of  the  filial  piety  it 
showed  ;  and  she  said  to  him  .  "My  dear  boy, 
you  will  not  repent  of  this  step.  Our  heavenly 
Father  has  promised  to  bless  the  children  who 
honor  their  parents ;  and  I  believe  He  will  bless 
you. 

7.  How  entirely  was  the  mother's  fond  belief 
fulfilled!  Wlio  is  there  amoni>;  men  more  hon- 
oured  by  his  countrymen,  and  by  good  men  and 
children  all  over  the  world,  than  George  Wash- 
inston  ? 

8.  He  was  one  of  the  best  of  boys.  He  was 
diligent,  punctual,  and  obedient.  Some  of  his 
school  writing-books  still  remain,  and  show  how 
careful  he  was  to  write  well. 

9  He  was  born  in  Virginia,  on  the  22d  of 
February,  17:32.  He  was  the  first  President  of 
the  United  States.  He  died  on  the  J 4th  of 
December,  J7*Jy.  His  fame  is  most  dear  to  us 
all. 


•  : 


4(5  OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER. 


E.ESSOY  XXVI. 

Plant 

kept 

a-bout' 

beau'ti-ful 

true 

once 

with'ered 

pm/ished 

earth 

droop'ing 

fall'in^ 

wa'ter-ing 

ought 

fcr-gbt' 

to-day7 

at- tension 

fault 

need'ful 

to-mor'row 

an-oth'er 

THE  DANGER  OF  DELAY. 

Mrs  Home.  Look  at  that  plant  which  I  gave 
you  but  a  short  time  ago ;  it  is  dead. 

Ann.  Oh  !  I  am  so  sorry  it  is  dead,  mother,  that 
I  could  cry ! 

Mrs  II.  Last  Friday  I  heard  vou  sov,  "  That 
flower  is  drooping ;  I  must  give  it  some  water, 
or  it  will  die." 

Ann.     But,  mother,  I  forgot  all  about  it. 

Mrs  H.  Yes,  you  put  off  the  needful  atten- 
tion till  morning  ;  and  when  the  morning  came, 
you  did  not  think  of  it. 

Ann.  That  is  true,  mother  ;  and  so  the  poor 
plant  was  left  all  day  without  water  in  the  hot 
sun. 

Mrs  II.  Its  leaves,  that  were  so  fresh  and 
green,  are  now  withered  and  tailing  off.  Its 
flowers,  that  were  so  bright  and  gay,  are  faded. 

Ann.  The  plant,  is  lost  fur  want  of  nourish- 
ment ;  it  is  bending  to  tho  oaxtft ;  it  will  bloom 
no  more. 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER.  47 


Mrs  II.  And  yet,  a  little  timely  care  would 
have  saved  it. 

Ann.  Ah  !  if  I  had  watered  it  last  night,  it 
might  have  been  gay  and  blooming  still. 

Mrs  II.     Did  you  not  think  it  would  die  ? 

Ann.  Indeed,  mother,  I  did  not  mean  to 
neglect  it  ;   1  meant  to  water  it  in  the  morning. 

Mrs  II.  But  why,  my  dear  child  did  }ou 
leave  it  till  the  morning  ?  Why  did  you  not 
water  it  at  once  ? 

Ann.  I  wanted  to  do  something  else  at  the 
moment,  and  so  I  thought  it  would  be  just  as 
well  to  put  off  watering  the  plant  till  morning. 

Mrs  II.  Is  it  easier  to  do  a  thing  to-morrow 
than  to-day  ?  I  think  not.  I  think  it  is  far  bet- 
ter to  do  everything  when  it  ought  to  be  done. 

Ann.  Dear  mother,  1  see  my  fault;  I  am 
punished  for  it  in  the  loss  of  this  beautiful  plant. 

Mrs  II.  See  the  danger  there  is  in  delay. 
You  might  have  kept  the  plaut  alive ;  but  now 
that  you  have  let  it  die,  you  cannot  bring  it  to 
life  again. 

Arm.  I  shall  always  think  of  my  poor  plant 
when  I  want  to  put  a  thing  off,  after  this. 

Mrs  II.  Let  its  loss  be  a  lesson  to  you,  never 
to  put  off  till  another  time  that  which  you  ought 
to  do  at  once.  Delay  is  almost  sure  to  bo  the 
cause  of  sorrow. 


48  QV&  OWN  SECOND  READER, 


ftiESttCM    XX^II. 

Win'dow 

guit-ar'       a- wake' 

beau'ti-ful 

morn'ing 

raised           hap'py 

carried 

rol/iu 

rest'ine       thouiiht'less 

seemed 

pret'ti-er 

sweet'iy      fin'isfyed 

mo'ment 

A  THOUGHTLESS  MAN. 

1.  There  came  to  my  window, 

One  morning  in  spring, 
A  sweet  little  robin, 

SLe  came  there  to  sing ; 
And  the  tune  that  she  suns* 

Was  prettier  far, 
Than  ever  I  heard 

On  the  flute  or  guitar. 

2.  She  raised  her  light  winsfs 

To  soar  far  away, 
Then  resting  a  moment, 

Seem'd  sweetly  to  say, 
"O  happy,  how  happy 

This  world  seems  to  be, 
Awake  little  girl, 

And  be  happy  with  me." 

3.  But  just  as  she  finished 

Her  beautiful  song, 
A  thoughtless  young  man 
"With  a  gun  came  along, 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  RttApEU.  4$ 


He  kill'd,  and  he  carried 
My  sweet  bird  away, 

And  no  more  will  she  sing 
At  the  dawn  of  the  da}-. 


Fath'er     sis'ter     pa'rents  aunt, 

moth'er    un'cle     grand'fath-er      chilMrcii 
brotl/er    cous'in    grand'moth-er    grand'pa-rents 

HOW  WE  ARE  RELATED. 

1.  When  a  little  boy  and  girl  have  the  same 
father  and  mother,  they  are  brother  and  sister. 

2.  If  two  little  boys  have  the  same  father  and 
mother,  they  are  brothers. 

3.  If  two  little  girls  have  the  same  father  and 
mother,  they  are  sisters. 

4.  Your  uncle  is  the  brother  of  your  father,  or 
of  your  mother. 

5.  Your  aunt  is  the  sister  of  your  father,  or  of 
your  mother. 

6.  The  children  of  the  brother,  or  of  the  sister 
of  your  father,  or  of  your  mother,  are  your  cousins. 

7  Your  father's  father  is  your  grandfather,  and 
your  mother's  father  is  also  your  grandfather. 

8.  Your  fathers  mother,  and  your  niother'a 
mother,  are  both  your  grandmothers. 


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9.  Your  father  and  your  mother  are  your 
parents. 

10.  Their  parents  are  your  grand-parents,  and 
your  grand-parents'  father  and  mother  are  your 
great  grand- parents. 

1J.  Your  father's  uncle  and  aunt,  and  your 
mother's  uncle  and  aunt*  are  your  great  uncles 
and  aunts. 


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LE*NO\    XXIX. 

i 

Birds 

build 

swal'lows 

cheer'less 

back 

throw 

orch'ard 

throwing 

\ 

storms 

chill'ing 

sweetly 

morn'ing 

> 

weaves 

du'ring 

joyous 

fright'en 

don't  kill  the  birds. 

1.  The  little  birds  have  been  away  during  the 
winter;    and  now  that  the   chilling   storms   of 
winter   are   over,  they  have   come   back   again 
How  sweetly  they  sing !     Little  boys,  don't  kill 
the  birds. 

2.  There  are  the  swallows.  The  air  seems  to 
be  full  of  tlu  m.  They  were  here  last  summer, 
but  they  went  away  before  winter  came.  They 
went  a  long  way  to  thesouth,  where  it  was  warm. 
Now  they  have  come  back  ;  and  again  they  will, 
build  their  nests  under  the  eaves  of  the  barn. 


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3.  The  robins  have  come  too.  The  orchard 
seems  to  be  full  of  them  They  love  to  build 
their  nests  in  the  apple-trees.  How  sweetly  they 
sing  early  in  the  morning,  as  soon  as  ifc  begins  to 
be  light. 

4.  I  hope  no  One  will  kill  the  birds,  or  frighten 
them  away  Some  wicked  boys  throw  stones  at 
them,  and  try  to  kill  them.  How  would  these 
hoys  like  to  have  some  wicked  men  throw  stones 
at  them  J  There  comes  Henry  !  He  is  throwing 
stones  at  the  robins  now  !  I  believe  he  has  hit 
one  ! 

5    Henry,  do  not  kill  the   birds — the  pretty 


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little  birds !  Why  do  you  wish  to  kill  them  \ 
Do  you  not  like  to  have  them  sins;  about  the 
door  1  Then  do  not  shoot  them  with  your  bow 
and  arrow. 

6.  Don't  kill  the  birds— the  little  birds! 

They  sing  about  the  door, 
Soon  as  the  joyous  spring  has  come, 
And  chilling  storms  are  o'er. 

7.  The  little  birds  that  sweetly  sin^l 

Oh  let  them  joyous  live  ; 
And  do  not  seek  to  take  their  life, 
Which  you  can  never  give. 

8.  Don't  kill  the  birds — the  pretty  birds 
That  play  among  the  trees  ; 
T  would  make  the  earth  a  cheerless  place, 
To  see  no  more  of  these. 

9.  The  little  birds  that  fondly  play, 
Do  not  disturb  their  sport ;. 
But  let  them  warble  forth  their  songs, 
Till  winter  cuts  them  short. 

10.  Don't  kill  tiie  birds — the  happy  birds, 
That  cheer  the  field  and  grove ; 
Such  harmless  things  to  look  upon, 
They  claim  our  warmest  lovu. 


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Sun'day      Sav'iour      a-muse'ments    pun'ished 
playful       kind'ness     par'a-ble  sen-sa'tion 

Sab'bath     pip'pins       re-ceived'  re-rnem'ber 

A  PABABLE. 

1 .  "  Oh,  dear  f  I  am  so  tired  of  Sunday ! "    So 
said  Willie,  a  playful  little  boy,  who  was  longino* 
for  the  Sabbath  to  be  over,  that  he  might  return  * 
to  his  play. 

2.  "  Who  wants  to  hear  a  story  \ '  said  a  kind ' 
friend  who  was  present.     "I,  sir,"  "and  I,"  "and1 
I,"  said  the  children,  as  they  gathered  around  him. 
Then  he  told  them  a  parable,    Our  Saviour,  when 
He   was  on  earth,  often   taught    the  people    by 
parables. 

3.  The  parable  told  the  little  boys  was  of  a 
kind  man  who  had  some  very  rich  apples  hanging 
upon   a   tree.     A  poor  man  was  passing  by  the 
house  of  the  owner,  and  he  stopped  to  admire  this: 
beautiful  apple-tree.     He  counted  the  ripe  golden  > 
pippins — there  were  just  seven  of  them. 

4.  The  rich  owner  could  afford  to  uive  them 
away  ;  and  it  gave  him  so  much  pleasure  to  make 
this  pour  man  happy,  that  he  called  him  and  said 
"  My  friend,  1  will  give  you  a  part  oi  uiy  fruit." 
So  he  held  out  his  hand  and  received  six  of  the 
apples.    The  owner  had  only  kept  one  for  himself 


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5.  Do  you  think  the  poor  man  was  grateful  for 
his  kindness  ?  No,  indeed.  He  wanted  the  seven 
pippins  for  himself.  And  at  last  he  made  up  his 
mind  that  he  would  watch,  and  go  back  and  steal 
the  other  apple. 

6.  "  Did  he  do  that  1 "  said  Willie,  very  indig- 
nant. "  He  ought  to  have  been  ashamed  of 
himself.  And  I  hope  he  got  well  punished  for 
stealing  that  apple." 

7.  "How  many  days  are  there  in  a  week, 
Willie  % "  said  his  friend. 

"Seven,"  said  Willie,  blushing  deeply;  for 
now  he  began  to  understand  the  parable,  and  he 
felt  an  uneasy  sensation  at  his  heart — conscience 
began  to  whisper  to  him. 

8.  "  And  ought  not  a  boy  to  be  ashamed  of 
himself  who  is  unwilling  on  the  seventh  day  to 
lay  aside  his  amusements  %  Ought  he  not  to  be 
punished  if  he  will  not  remember  the  Sabbath^ 
day  to  keep  it  holy  1 " 


Eob'ert        peo'ple            chim'ney  thousand 

Ma'ry          moun'tain       ques'tions  sto'ry 

fun'ny         sum'mer         sail'ed  per-haps' 

UNCLE  TOBY. 

1.  Uncle  Toby  is  telling  Kobert  and   Mary 


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where  he  has  lieen,  and  what  he  has  seen.  He 
lias  been  all  around  the  world  ;  he  has  seen  many 
-irange  hinds  ;  he  has  seen  a  great  many  people  ; 
and  he  tells  a  great  many  funny  stories. 

2.  Uncle.  Toby  is  telling  them  now  that  he  was 
wtoe  in  a  very  cold  country,  where  the  sun  did 
not  rise  for  three  whole  months,  and  that  it  waa 
night  there  all  that  time.  The  people  lived  in 
houses  made  of  snow  and  ice.  Where  do  you 
think  that  country  is  \  Perhaps  your  teacher 
will  teli  you. 

3.  Uncle  Toby  says  he  has  seen  mountains 
whose  tops  are  so  high  and  so  cold.  < :  ;t  the  snow 
never  melts  there.  A  man  would  freeze  to  death 
before  he  could  climb  to  the  top  of  such  a  moun- 
tain. 

4.  "  But  why  don't  the  sun  melt  the  snow  up 
there  \  "  said  Mary  "  Is  it  never  summer  there?" 
'■''  The  summers  up  there,"  said  Uncle  Toby,  "  are 
■  •older  than  our  coldest  winters  here.  The  higher 
up  we  go,  the  colder  it  is." 

5.  "  But  some  of  the  high  mountains/"  said 
Uncle  Toby,  '''  have  great  fires  in  them,  and 
smoke  and  fire  come  out  of  their   lops,  just   as 

hey  come  out  of  a  chimney,  when  the  chimney  is 
•  ♦a  .fire." 

6.  "  It  would  take  more  than  ten  thousand 
chimneys  on  fire,"  said   Uncle  Toby,  "  to  make 


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such  a  lire  as  I  have  seen  come  out  of  the  top  of 
a  mountain;"  Robert  an<l  Maiy  thought  this  wt» 
a  pretty  l>ig  story  ;  but  it  is  a  true  story. 

7.  Robert  and  Mary  asked  Uncle  Toby  a  gi'e&a 
many  questions  about  these  mountains  on  fire, 
and  about  the  ships  he  had  sailed  in,  and  aboiu 
the  strange  fish  anil  the  great  whales  that  he  had 
seen  in  the  sea. 

8  And  Uncle  Toby  had  seen  lions,  and  tigers, 
and  a  great  many  other  wild  beasts  ;  and  he  told 
Robert  and  Mary  a  great  many  nice  stories  about 
them. 

9.  Would  you  not  like  to  have  some  one  tell 
you  just  such  stories  as  Uncle  Toby  told  'i  AD. 
the  stories  he  told  were  true.  True  stories  are 
the  Lest  stories. 


LESSOli  XXXII. 

Praise 

hi  ess 

wor'ship 

for-ev'er 

thanks 

mer'cy 

pasture 

mei'ci-ful 

kneel 

rising 

formed 

with  it/ 

strength 

go'ing 

en-dur'eth 

bei/e-fits 

PRAISE  YE  THE  LORD. 


1.  Praise  ye  the  Lord.  Praise  Him  upon  the 
harp.  O  give  thanks  unto  the  Lord,  tor  lie  ia 
good  ;  for  His  mercy  enduretli  for  ever, 


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2.  It  is  a  good  thing  to  give  thaiika  unto  the 
Lord,  and  to  sing  praises  unto  the  name  of  the 
Most  Iiij.li.  From  the  rising  of  the  sun  unto  the 
going  down  of  the  same,  the  Lord's  name  is  to 
be  p raised. 

3.  Praise  the  Lord,  all  ye  nations  ;  praise  Him 
all  ye  people.  For  His  merciful  kindness  is  great 
toward  us  ;  and  the  truth  of  the  Lord  enduretb 
for  ever.     Praise  ye  the  Lord. 

4.  TJie  Lord  is  a  great  God,  and  a  great  king 
above  all  gods.  In  His  band  are  the  deep  places 
of  the  earth  ;  the  strength  of  the  hills  is  His  also. 
The  sea  is  Hi<,  and  He  made  it  ;  and.  His  hand* 
formed  the  dry  land. 

5.  (  >  come,  let  us  worship  and  bow  down  ;  let 
, as  kneel  before  the  Lord  our  Maker.     For  He  i? 

our  (iod,  and  we  are  the  people  of  His  pasture, 
and  the  sheep  of  His  care. 

6.  Bless  the  Lord,  0  my  soul,  and  all  that  is 
within  \\w.  I  Jess  His  Holy  name.  Bless  the  Lord. 
0  my  sotd,  and  forget  not  all  His  benefitsj 


EiK«W«\ 

XXXEIi 

P^w 

heed 

hon'or 

meadow 

kn<  e 

thnurrh 

im-elear/ 

suu'light 

take 

Bati'l  ath 

neigh'hoL' 

wil'iul 

Cll 

prorfaite' 

llowers 

cov'ei 

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THE  TEN  COMMANDMENTS. 

1     See  that  thou  have  no  gods  but  mo ; 

2.  Before  no  idoi  how  thy  knee  ; 

3.  Take  not  the  name  of  God  in  vain, 

4.  Nor  dare  the  Sabbath-day  profane. 

5.  Give  both  thy  parents  honor  due  ; 

6.  Take  heed  that  thou  no  murder  do. 

7.  Shun  words,  and  thoughts,  and  deeds  un- 

rlc;   !)   ; 

8.  Steal  not,  though  thou  art  poor  and  mean. 

9.  Don't  make  a  wilful  lie  ;  nor  love  it. 
10.  What  is  thy  neighbor's,  do  not  covet. 

THE  WORLD  IS  FULL  OF  BEAUTY. 

There  is  beauty  in  the  forest 

Where  the  trees  are  green  and  fair, 
There  is  beauty  in  the  meadow 

Where  wild  flowers  scent  the  air ; 
There  is  beauty  in  the  sunlight, 

And  the  soft  blue  beams  above  : 
Oh,  the  world  is  full  of  beauty 

When  the  heart  is  full  of  love ! 


LESSOS   XXXIV. 

Flanks        snatch  pleas'ing  ex-treme' 

stripes         ti'ger  contrast  dis-pute' 

fierce  handsome       taw'ny  trusteed 


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THE  TTGER. 

1.  The  tiger  is  a  very  handsome  beast.  His 
whole  body  is  marked  with  black  stripes,  which 
form  a  pleasing  contrast  with  the  tawny  colour 
upon  which  they  arc  placed. 

2.  His  face  and  flanks  are  nearly  white.  His 
tail,  which  is  marked  with  black  rings,  is  nearly 
as  long  as  his  whole  body. 

3.  The  royal  tiger  of  India  is  sometimes  found 
even  larger  than  the  lion,  and  is  the  only  beast 
of  prey  which  is  able  to  dispute  with  him. 

4.  In  form  and  motion  he  is  much  like  a  cat. 
He  is  fierce  and  cruel  in  the  extreme  ;  and  is 
seldom  tamed  so  as  to  be  trusted  by  his  keepers. 

5.  The  tiger,  for  the  most  part,  preys  upon 
other  animals,  but  when  pressed  by  hunger,  will 
attack  a  man  ;  and  has  been  known  even  to 
snatch  a  person  from  his  friends,  with  whom  he 
was  walking,  and  carry  him  with  ease  over  a 
garden  wall. 


ILEWSO*  XWY. 

Quite 

jump 

xpy'ing 

dig'ni-ty 

{<)(><{> 

growled 

ti'ger 

Ventured 

mean.- 

seized 

tie-  5  n  *(/ 

seani'i  >!■  red 

sprung 

coup'le 

cour'age 

sat' is- lied 

caught 

de-cide' 

pre-pared' 

el'e-plwmt 

noose 

keep'er 

ap'pe-tite 

con-fu'sion 

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ELEPHANT  AND  TIGRESS. 

1.  One  day,  the  keeper  of  some  animals  went 
to  his  dinner  as  usual  ;  and  as  he  went  out,  left 
all  of  them  quite  safe,  as  he  thought,  in  their 
canes.  But  it  was  not  so.  One  »  f  the  cages 
which  contained  a  tiger  and  tigress,  was  quite 
old,  and  the  couple  broke  loose.  They  looked 
around  to  find  something  to  gratify  their  appetite, 
and  spying  the  lamar  they  pitched  upon  her  for 
their  dinner. 

2.  The  poor  lama  was  sorely  frightened  at  their 
approach,  with  mouths  wide  open  :  but  against 
such  terrific  animals  she  had  no  means  of  defence. 
In  a  moment,  the  tigers  grasped  her  by  the  throat, 
and  began  to  suck  her  blood. 

3.  At  this  moment  the  keeper  entered.  Being 
a   man    of  great   courage,   he  seized  a  rope,  and 


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ventured  forward,  intending  to  throw  a  noose 
oyer  the  heads  of  the  two  animals,  as  they  were 
busily  sucking  the  blood  of  the  lama. 

4.  Just  as  he  was  throwing  the  noose,  the 
tigress  turned  and  prepared  to  jump  upon  him. 
He  knew  not  what  to  do.  Her  eye-balls  were 
flashing  fire,  and  her  jaws  were  ready  to  destroy 
bun.  He  had  but  a  moment  to  decide.  In  that 
moment  he  sprang  behind  an  elephant  which 
stood  near.  The  tigress  saw  the  keeper,  and 
sprang  toward  him.  But,  as  she  was  bounding 
past  the  elephant,  almost  with  the  swiftness  of  a 
bullet,  this  animal  reached  forth  his  trunk,  caught 
the  tigress,  and  threw  her  headlong  to  the  further 
end  of  the  building. 

5.  Everything  was  now  in  confusion.  The 
monkeys  jumped  for  their  lives,  and  the  baboons 
scampered  up  to  the  rafters.  The  elephant  stood 
still,  and,  at  the  command  of  the  keeper,  took  him 
up  with  his  trunk,  and,  with  a  single  toss,  placed 
him  upon  his  back,  out  of  danger. 

G.  The  tigress  was  j.ot  yet  satisfied,  but  made 
another  jump  at  the  keeper.  But  the  elephant 
caught  her  again,  and  thiew  her  with  such  force 
against  the  side  of  the  house,  that  she  was  glad  to 
cro  Quietly  back  into  her  cage. 

7.  in  the  meantime,  the  tiger  was  looking 
about  to  6ee  what  animal  he  should  attack.     On 


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raising  his  eyes,  the  first  thing  he  saw  was  the 
lion,  who  was  looking  on  from  his  cage  with  great 
dignity.  The  tiger  showed  his  teeth  and  growled  : 
the  lion  shook  his  mane. 

8.  At  last  the  tiger  sprang  at  the  cage  with 
great  fury,  and  forced  one  of  his  paws  through 
the  bars.  But  the  lion  made  a  grab  at  the  tiger's 
foot,  and  caught  it.  He  pulled  the  whole  leg  in- 
to the  cage,  and  held  it  there  till  the  keeper  could 
jump  from  the  back  of  the  elephant,  and  throw  a 
noose  over  the  tiger's  head. 

9.  Both  the  tigers  were  then  secured  in  their 
cage.  Thus,  by  the  instinct  of  the  elephant,  and 
the  teeth  of  the  lion,  as  well  as  his  own  courage, 
the  keeper  was  saved  from  the  jaws  of  the  tiger 


and  tigress. 

i 

• 

UBSSON  XXXVI. 

Smart 

think 

reading 

be-cause' 

bright 

name 

la'zy 

sup-pose 

strange 

Slo'kins 

les'son 

Set'ting 

nice 

bus'y 

scarcely 

used 

torn 

al-t  hough' 

active 

dirty 

LAZY  SLOKINS,  THE  SCHOOLBOY. 

1.  One  of  these  two  boys  has  a  book  in  his  hand, 


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6;i 


and  lie  is  very  busy  reading  it.  It  looks  like  a 
new  book,  although  the  boy  has  used  it  a  long 
time. 

2.  This  boy  is  getting  his  lesson  in  sehool ;  and 
he  will  have  a  good  lesson,  and  will  recite  it  well. 
You  can  see  that  he  is  not  a  lazy  boy,  and  that 
he  takes  good  care  of  his  books. 

3.  The  name  of  the  other  boy  is  Slokins. 
What  do  you  think  of  him  ?  He  looks  like  a 
lazy  fellow.  He  has  a  book  in  his  hand,  but  it  is 
all  torn  in  pieces.  He  can  scarcely  read  in  it, 
When  he  reads,  he  has  to  stop  and  spell  out  the 
hard  words.     . 

4.  Slokins  does  not  like  a  book.  You  can  see 
that  in  his  face.  His  face  tells  on  him.  It  tell* 
that  he  is  lazy.  Do  you  think,  if  he  were  a  good, 
smart,  and  active  boy,  and  one  who  liked  to  read, 
iiis  face  would  look  so  \ 


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OUR  OWN   SECOND  RfcADKR. 


5.  No,  his  face  would  riot  look  so.  He  would 
have  a  bright  look,  for  smart  boys  look  1  right. 
Arid  how  do  yoxi  suppose  Slokins's  book  became 
so  torn  and  dirty  ?  It  is  because  he  did  not  take 
care  of  it. 

6.  Is  it  not  strange  that  the  books  of  the  boys 
who  get  their  lessons  always  look  clean  and  neat  X 


IiE^M«\    X\"1YII. 


Sleep 

shoes 

why 

wife 

wears 

while 

one 

work 

bet'ter  la'zy 

him-self  be-come7 

mon'ey  with-out 

pic'ture  some' times 

LAZY  SLOKINS,  THE  YOUNG  MAN. 

1.  What  a  lazy  man  this  is !  Don't  you  think 
he  looks  lazy  ?  Why  don't  he  get  up  and  go  to 
work? 


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2.  He  is  too  lazy  to  work  ;  so  he  sits  down  in 
the  sun,  and  goes  to  sleep.  Who  do  you  think 
he  is?  Why,  that  is  Slokins  himself."  He  is  a 
man  now,  but  he  is  just  as  lazy  as  ever. 

o.  What  a  poor  old  hat  he  wears  !  Why  don't 
he  get  a  better  hat  ?  A  better  hat !  How  can 
lie  get  a  hat  without  money,  and  how  can  he  get 
money  if  he  will  not  work  \  Lazy  men  have  but 
little  money. 

4.  Do  you  see  one  of  his  shoes  ?  Do  you  see 
how  his  toes  stick  out  of  it  ?  Why  don't  he  get 
a  pair  of  new  shoes  1  New  shoes  !  How  can  he 
get  them  without  money  %  He  has  a  wife  at 
home ;  but  what  do  you  think  will  become  of 
her? 

5.  Sometimes  this  man  works  a  little  while, 
and  gets  a  little  money ;  but  he  does  not  use  it 
to  buy  a  hat  or  shoes.  What  does  he  do  with  it? 
Do  you  ask  me  what  he  does  with  it  1  Look  in 
tfce  next  lesson  and  see  what  he  does  with  it. 


Sharp 

mean 
chin 
drink 
hurt 


LESSOl 

drunk 

e-nough' 

signboard 

hurty 

bottle 


XXXVIII. 

pock'et 

cra'zy 

do'ing 

lit'tle 

stagger 


be-comes' 
drunk'ard 
filled 

sometimes 
grogshop 
c 


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LAZY  SLOKINS,  THE  DRUNKARD. 

1.  Sure  enough !  Here  he  is  agmn.  This  in 
the  same  man,  only  a  little  older.  It  is  Slokins- 
himself.  I  can  tell  by  his  long  nose,  and  his 
sharp  chin,  and  his  mean  look. 

2.  But  where  is  he  now  ?  Where  is  he  now  l 
He  is  on  the  "  road  to  ruin/'  Don't  you  see  that 
the  signboard  says  so  ?  But  Slokins  did  not  stop 
to  read  it.  Lazy  man  as  lie  is,  he  is  sometimes 
in  a  hurry. 

3.  What  kind  of  a  place  do  you  think  that  is 
which  you  see  at  the  corner  of  the  street  %  It  is 
a  grog-shop.  And  what  is  Slokins  doing  there  1 
He  has  gone  there  to  get  a  drink — to  get  a  drink 
of  rum,  and  to  get  his  bottle  filled  with  mm.  Do 
you  see  the  bottle  in  his  pocket  1 

4.  What  harm  will  it  do  if  Slokins  does  drink 


OUP,  OWN  SECOND  HEADER. 


67 


rum  %  What  harm  will  it  do !  If  he  drinks  a 
little,  it  will  make  him  want  to  drink  more  ;  if 
he  drinks  a  little  more,  it  will  make  him  wild  and 
crazy  ;  and  if  he  drinks  much  more,  it  will  make 
him  stagger  and  fall  down  drunk  in  the  street. 

5.  It  is  not  safe  for  a  man  to  drink  any  rum, 
for  if  he  drinks  only  a  little  at  a  time,  he  will 
soon  love  it  so  that  he  will  be  apt  to  drink  more 
and  more,  until  he  becomes  a  drunkard. 


Stole 
wife 
child 
touch 


LESSON  XXXIX. 


straw 
earn 
a-bout' 
prison 


mock'er 

raging 

bab'bling; 


red'nesa 

tar'ry 

bit'eth 


sting'eth 


con-ten'tions 

LAZY  SLOKINS,  THE  THIEF. 

1.  But  what   became   of  that   man,  Slokins, 


68  OUR  OWN  SECOND  READEk. 

whom  we  read  about  in  the  last  lessons  1     Did  he 
become  a  drunkard  ? 

2.  Yes,  he  became  a  drunkard  ;  and  then  he 
stole  money  to  buy  rum  with,  and  then  he  was 
put  in  prison.  There  you  may  see  him — a  poor 
old  drunkard,  on  a  bed  of  straw 

3.  But  what  became  of  his  wife  \  She  is  very 
poor,  and  has  to  work  very  hard  to  earn  some 
money  to  buy  food  for  herself  and  child, 

4.  If  you  do  not  wish  to  be  a  drunkard,  do  not 
taste  rum  nor  any  other  strong  drink.  Do  not 
go  where  it  is  sold.  "Touch  not,  taste  not, 
handle  not."     That  is  the  safest  way. 

5.  Do  you  know  what  the  Bible  says  about 
strong  drink  1  It  says,  "  Wine  is  a  mocker ; 
strong  drink  is  raging.  Who  hath  woe  %  who 
hath  sorrow  %  who  hath  contentions  \  who  hath 
babbling  %  who  hath  wounds  without  cause  ?  who 
hath  redness  of  eyes  ?  They  that  tarry  long  at 
the  wine." 

6.  The  Bible  also  says,  "Look  not  upon  the 
wine  when  it  is  red.  At  last  it  biteth  like  a  ser- 
pent, and  stingetk  like  an  adder." 


IjES$ON  XI,. 


Tried  arm'y  nestlings  tee-to'tal 

guess  sweetly         be-long'  sing'ing 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  HEADER.         69 


wrong        re'plied  be'sides  morning 

])eak  dipped  teui'per-ance        because 

crumb        brushed  re-mem'ber  wait'ino- 

THE  ROBIN'S  TEMPERANCE   SONG. 

1.  I  ask'd  a  sweet  robin  one  morning  in  May, 
Who  sung  in  the  apple-tree  over  the  way, 
What  'twas  she  was  singing  so  sweetly  about, 
For  I 'd  tried  a  long  time,  but  could  not  fine 

out  ; 
'•Why,  I'm   sure,"  she  replied,   "you    cannot 
guess  wrong  ; 

Don't  you  know   I  am  singing  a  temperance 
sono*? 

2.  "  Teetotal — oh,  that's  the  first  word  of  my  lay  ; 
And  then  don't  you  see  how  I  twitter  away  % 
'Tis  because  I've  just  dipp'd  my  beak  in  the 

spring, 
And  brush'd  the  fair  face  of  the  lake  with  my 

wing. 
Cold  water,  cold  water  ;  yes,  that  is  my  song, 
And  I  love  to  keep  singing  it  all  the  day  long. 

3..  "And  now,  my  sweet  child,   won't  you  give 
me  a  crumb  \ 
For  the  dear  little  nestlings  are  waiting   at 
home  ; 


70         OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER. 

And  one  thing  besides  ;  since  my  story  you've 

heard, 
I  hope  you'll  remember  the  lay  of  the  bird  ; 
And  never  forget,  while  you  list  to  my  song, 
All  the  birds  to  the  cold-water  army  belong/' 


mssso:*    XM. 

Grain 

two 

chick'ens 

an-oth'er 

perch 

seized 

naugh'ty 

conquered 

drove 

quar'rel 

fiohfc'insc 

quar'rel-some 

fought 

feath'ers 

sath'er-ed 

to-geth'er 

cocks 

hun'gry 

re-veDged' 

farmyard 

THE  QUARRELSOME  COCKS. 

1.  Here  is  a  story  about  two  foolish  cocks  that 
were  always  quarreling,  which  is  very  naughty. 
You  do  not  quarrel  1  No  !  I  am  glad  of  it ;  but 
if  you  see  any  little  boys  that  quarrel,  you  may 
tell  them  the  storv  of  the  cocks. 

2.  There  was  once  a  hen  that  lived  in  a  farm- 
yard, and  she  had  a  large  brood  of  chickens.  She 
took  a  great  deal  of  care  of  them,  and  gathered 
them  under  her  wings  every  night,  and  fed  them 
and  nursed  them  very  well. 

3.  The  chickens  were  all  very  good,  except 
two  cocks,  that  were  always  quarreling  with  one 
another.     They  were  hardly  out  of  the  shell,  be- 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER.         71 

fore  they  began  to  peck  at  each  other  ;  and  when 
they  grew  larger,  they  fought  till  they  were  all 
bloody. 

4.  if  one  picked  up  a  grain  of  corn,  the  other 
always  wanted  it.  They  never  locked  pretty 
because  their  feathers  were  pulled  off  in  fighting, 
till  they  were  quite  bare  ;  and  they  pecked  at 
one  another's  eyes,  till  they  were  both  almost 
blind. 

5.  The  old  hen  very  often  told  them  how 
naughty  it  was  to  quarrel  so  ;  but  they  did  not 
mind  her. 

6.  One  day  these  two  cocks  had  been  fighting, 
as  they  always  did  ;  and  the  largest  cock,  whose 
name  was  Poco,  beat  the  other,  and  crowed  over 
him,  and  drove  him  quite  out  of  the  yard. 

7.  The  cock  that  had  been  beaten,  slunk  away 
and  hid  himself;  for  he  was  vexed  that  he  had 
been  conquered,  and  he  wanted  sadly  to  be  re- 
venged ,  but  he  did  not  know  how  to  manage  it, 
for  he  was  not  strong  enough  himself. 

8.  So,  after  thinking  a  great  deal,  he  went  to 
an  old  sly  fox  that  lived  near,  and  said  to  him, 
"Fox,  if  }ou  will  come  with  me,  I  will  show  you 
where  there  is  a  large,  fat  cock  in  a  farm-yard, 
and  you  may  eat  him  up,  if  you  will/' 

9.  The  fox  was  very  glad,  for  he  was  hungry 
enough  ;  and  he  said,  "  Yes,  I  *  il   ^ome,  with  all 


72 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  HEADER. 


my  heart,  and  I  will  not  leave  a  feather  of  him  ; 
come  now,  and  show  me  where  he  may  be  found." 

10.  So  they  Went  together,  and  the  cock  showed 
the  fox  the  way  into  the  farm-yard  ;  and  there 
was  poor  Poco  asleep  upon  the  perch.  And  the 
fox  seized  him  by  the  neck,  and  ate  him  up  ;  and 
the  other  cock  stood  by  and  crowed  for  joy. 

11.  But  when  the  fox  had  done,  he  said,  "Poco 
was  very  good,  but  I  have  not  had  enough  yet ; '" 
and  so  he  flew  upon  the  other  cock,  and  in  a 
moment  ate  him  up  too. 


M5SSW*  Xffifll. 

Years 

moist 

StriloVlhio; 

re-proached' 

proud 

cru'el 

re-plied7 

hap'pi-ness 

mere 

jumped 

be-side' 

eas'i-ly 

touch 

shocked 

grat'i-tude 

after-ward 

drown 

faithful 

re-mem/ber 

o'ver-board 

THE  UNGRATEFUL  KING. 

1.  In  a  kingdom  of  India  there  lived  many 
years  ago  a  king,  who  one  day  fell  into  the 
river.  A  man  jumped  in  after  him,  seized  him 
by  the  hair  and  saved  his  life. 

2.  Now,  this  king  was  quite  young — a  mere 
boy ;  but  he  was  proud  and  cruel.  There  was 
an  old  law7  in  the  kingdom  that  he  who  laid  his 
hands  on  a  kir     «t»ouJ 3    be  put  to   death.     The 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER.         73 

king  chose  to  bring  up  this'  law  against  the  man 
who  had  saved  his  life. 

3.  The  king  caused  him  to  be  put  to  death  for 
having  laid  rude  hands  on  a  king.  All  the  people 
had  thought  the  king  would  reward  the  man,  and 
they  were  much  shocked  when  the  man  was  put 
to  death. 

4.  You,  my  children,  will  also  be  shocked  ;  for 
you  have  been  told  to  do  good,  not  only  to  him 
who  does  good  to  yoUj  but  even  to  him  who  does 
evil  to  you. 

5.  Alas !  there  are  some  bad  men  who  have  no 
gratitude ,  but  we  should  be  kind  even  to  such 
men.  They  are  not  happy  ;  and  some  day  they 
may  fare  as  badly  as  did  the  young  king,  after 
he  had  put  to  death  the  faithful  man  who  had 
saved  his  life. 

6.  One  morning,  soon  after  this  event,  the 
young  king  was  in  a  boat  on  a  lake,  when,  in 
trying  to  stand  up,  he  feU  overboard.  The  men 
who  rowed  the  boat  could  easily  have  saved 
him  ;  but  they  were  afraid  to  touch  him  :  they 
let  him  drown. 

7.  While  he  was  struggling  in  the  water,  they 
took  off  their  caps,  and  bowed  to  him  with  all 
respect,  and  cried.  "  Long  live  the  king ! "  but 
they  did  not  move  a  ringer  to  help  him :  they 
feared  to  do  it. 


74  OUR  OWN  SECOND  HKADEB. 

8.  When  they  weu  afterward  reproached  for 
Uieir  conduct,  they  replied  :  "We  remember  too 
well  the  fate  of  the  poor  man  who  saved  the 
king's  life  before."  They  ought  to  have  saved  his 
life  at  any  risk  ;  but  they  did  not  do  it. 

9.  And  so  the  want  of  gratitude  in  the  king 
ended  in  the  loss  of  his  own  life.  Be  sure,  mv 
young  friends,  that  gratitude  is  a  virtue  which 
we  all  ought  to  practise,  both  for  our  own  good, 
and  that  we  may  add  to  the  happiness  of  other*. 

10.  The  little  brook  that  runs  beside  the  tree, 

Keeps  the  roots  moist,  and  helps  the  leaves 
to  grow  : 
The  tree's  return  of  good  you  soon  shall  see ; 
Twill   shield    the    brook   from    summer's 
fervid  glow. 


LE&$<££  XlilQK. 

Knew 

drove 

gar'den 

for-bid'den 

grew 

peo'ple 

be-eame' 

un-hap'py 

fruit 

wo'man 

wick'ed 

wretch'ed 

touch 

some'thing 

sin'ner 

dis-pleased' 

sweet 

re-main' 

beau'ti-ful 

per'i'ect-ly 

ABOUT  ADAM. 

1.  God  did  not  make  all  the  people  in  the 
world  at  once. '    He  made  one  man  at  first,  and. 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER.         75 

then  he  made  one  woman.    The  name  of  the  man 
was  Adam,  and  the  woman's  name  was  Eve. 

2.  There  were  no  other  people  in  the  world 
when  they  were  first  made.  God  made  Adam 
perfectly  good.  His  heart  was  good,  and  all  that 
he  did  was  good.  He  was  not  a  sinner  at  first. 
He  loved  God,  and  did  right,  and  was  happy,  for 
he  knew  that  God  loved  him.  So  was  Eve  good 
and  happy. 

3.  God  put  them  in  a  beautiful  garden  to  live, 
where  all  kinds  of  fruit  grew  upon  the  trees  for 
them  to  eat ;  and  God  let  them  take  care  of  this 
beautiful  garden,  so  that  they  might  have  some- 
thing to  do,  for  they  would  not  have  been  happy 
if  they  had  been  idle. 

4.  But  I  am  sorry  to  tell  you  that  they  did 
not  remain  good,  as  God  first  made  them. 

5.  God  told  them  that  they  might  eat  the 
fruit  which  grew  upon  every  tree  in  the  garden, 
except  one  :  and  God  told  them  not  to  touch  that 
one,  so  that  He  might  try  them, whether  they  would 
always  obey  Him,  and  love  Him,  and  be  happy. 

6.  If  they  had  not  eaten  of  the  fruit  of  the 
tree  that  God  told  them  they  should  not  eat, 
they  and  all  their  children  would  have  continued 
as  holy  and  happy  for  ever  as  they  were  when 
first  created.  The  world  would  then  have  been 
free  from  all  sin  and  sorrow. 


76         OUR  OWN  SECOND  REAPER. 


7.  But  they  did  not  obey  God.  They  took 
the  fruit  which  God  had  forbidden  them  to 
touch,  and  they  both  ate  it.  And  then  their 
hearts,  which  always  bad  Been  good  before, 
became  wicked,  and  they  felt  afraid  of  God,  and 
were  very  unhappy. 

S.  Oh,  was  not  this  a  very  sad  thing'?  God 
was  displeased  with  them,  and  would  not  let 
them  live  in  that  sweet  garden  any  longer ;  but 
drove  them  out  of  it.  Oh  how  wretched  they 
were.  Their  hearts  were  bad  because  they  had 
sinned  against  God,  and  they  were  full  of  sorrow 
and  trouble. 

9.  When  they  had  some  little  children  of  their 
own,  these  children  were  born  with  wicked 
hearts,  just  like  their  father  and  mother.  They 
did  not  have  good  hearts,  as  Adam  and  Eve  had 
when  God  first  made  them,  but  the  children  had 
sinful  hearts  because  their  father  and  mother 
had  sinned  against  God,  and  their  children  were 
like  them. 

10.  Ever  since  that  time,  all  the  children  that 
have  been  born  in  the  world  have  had  wicked 
hearts,  and  it  has  always  been  easier  to  do  wrong 
than  to  do  right. 

11.  Does  God  love  us  when  we  sin  and  do 
what  is  wrong  and  wicked  \  No.  But  if  we 
stop  and  think  about  it,  and  are  truly  sorry  for 


OUll  OWN  SECOND  READEU. 


/  i 


what  we  have  done,  and  ask  Him  in  the  name  of 
Christ,  He  will  forgive  us.  He  wants  us  to  try 
and  do  right  ;  and  this  is  the  only  way  to  be 
happy.      We    cannot    be    happy    when    we   feel 


wie 


ked. 


■iESSO*  XfjIV. 


Hoop  mere  falsehood  de-ceiv'ing 

brought  tulip  cow'ard  eer'tain-ly 

otoss  mis'chief  de-ceive/  for-got'ten 

speech  grieved  re-mcm'ber  happened 

deed  breakfast  o-ver-heard'  in-ten'tion 

WHAT  IS  FALSEHOOD  1 

1.  Henry  was  in  the  garden  one  morning  very 
early,  playing  with  his  hoop.  He  had  been  told 
not  to  roll  his  hoop  in  the  garden,  but  perhaps  he 
had  forgotten  that. 

2.  He  had  rolled  it  round  two  or  three  walks, 
and  no  harm  had  happened  ;  but  at  last  the  hoop 
went  on  a  flower-bed  and  broke  a  very  fine  tulip 
that  Henry's  father  valued  very  much, 

3.  "Father  will  be  very  angry,  I  dare  say," 
said  Henry  to  himself ;  "  but  the  mischief  cannot 
be  helped  now.  I  wish  I  had  not  brought  my 
hoop  into  the  garden." 

4.  Just  then  his  mother  came  from  the  house. 


78  OUR  OWN  SECOND  REAl)KH. 

"Look!"  said  she;  "the  hio;h  wind  has  broken 
this  beautiful  tulip.'"  "It  was  not  the  wind, 
mother  ;  it  was  I  who  did  it,"  said  Henry. 

5.  "  You  !  Henry  ;  how  could  you  do  it  1 "  "  I 
was  driving  my  hoop,  mother,  and  it  rolled 
against  the  flower."  "But  von  have  been  told 
not  to  drive  your  hoop  in  the  garden."  "Yes, 
mother,  and  I  am  very  sorry  that  I  did  not  play 
at  something  else." 

6.  "  And  so  am  I,  Henry  ;  for  your  father  will 
be  much  grieved  at  the  loss  of  this  flower,  which 
he  prized  so  highly.  He  will  certainly  be  very 
angry  with  yon,  and  you  deserve  that  he  should, 
be  so." 

7.  Then  Henry's  mother  went  in  to  breakfast, 
and  he  was  going  to  follow  her,  when  John,  the 
gardener's  son,  came  along,  and,  knowing  what 
had  happened,  said,  "Why,  Henry,  if  you  had 
held  your  tongue,  your  father  would  have 
thought  the  wind  broke  the  tulip  ;  for  I  should 
never  have  said  anything  about  it,  I  promise 
you." 

8.  "  I  never  tell  a  falsehood,  John,"  said  Henry. 
"  It  would  not  have  been  telling  one,"  replied 
John;  "you  need  not  have  spoken  a  word, 
when  your  mother  said  that  the  wind  had  broken 
the  tulip.  Would  that  have  been  telling  a  false- 
hood ? » 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER.  79 


9.  "  It  would  have  been  just  the  same,"  said 
Henry ;  "  for  it  would  have  been  trying  to 
deceive.  If  I  had  let  my  mother  think  it  way 
the  wind  that  broke  the  tulip,  it  would  have 
been  deceiving  her.  We  may  sometimes  tell 
as  gross  a  falsehood  by  our  silence  as  by  our 
words." 

1 0.  "  Right,  quite  right,  my  boy  ! *  said  Henrys 
father,  who  had  overheard  the  bovs  talking.  He 
had  come  to  rebuke  Henrv  for  breaking;  the 
flower,  but  he  now  said  that  he  would  rather 
lose  all  the  flowers  in  his  garden  than  have 
cause  to  think  that  his  son  would  try  to  deceive 
him. 

11.  "  Falsehood,"  he  said,  "is  the  refuge  of  a 
coward.  To  deceive,  either  by  word  or  deed,  by 
speech  or  silence,  is  to  be  guilty  of  falsehood. 
As  for  you,  John,  take  this  lesson  to  heart ; 
remember  that  it  is  not  a  mere  form  of  words, 
but  the  intention  to  deceive  that  makes  the  lie." 


LESSO*  XliV. 

Fowls 

queer 

re-sult' 

ig'no-rant 

fish'es 

kitcb'en 

cap'tain 

gadi'ered 

worms 

hcath'en 

an'i-mals 

con-vert'eth 

quite 

preach'ers 

earn'est-ly 

mul'ti-tude 

taught 

think'ing 

miu'is-ter 

con-ver/sion 

80  OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER. 

LITTLE  HENRY  AND  THE  BIRDS. 

1.  "Ma,  do  birds  Lave  souls  like  us V1  asked 
little  Henry  of  bis  mother.  "  No,  my  son,"  said 
Mrs  Lowe.     "  Why  do  you  ask  'I " 

2.  "Because  yesterday  a  man  came  into  the 
kitchen  for  a  drink,  and  he  had  a  whole  lot  of 
poor  little  dead  birdies,  and  when  I  asked  him  if 
they  would  go  to  heaven,  he  looked  so  queer  at 
me,  and  said  he  didn't  know." 

3.  Mrs  Lowe  smiled.  "No.  no  animals,  nor 
fowls,  nor  fishes,  nor  worms  have  souls ;  only 
men  and  women,  and  boys  and  girls." 

4.  ?  Then  ma,  what  did  that  man  say  he  did 
not  know  for  X  Why  didn't  he  tell  me  X "  "  Per- 
haps he  did  not  mean  what  he  said,  or  did  not 
think,"  said  Mrs  Lowe.  "  I  hardly  think  he  did 
not  really  know." 

5.  "  Don't  all  people  know  they  Ve  got  souls  % " 
asked  Henry.  "  No,  the  heathen  do  not  know  it, 
and  if  they  do,  they  do  not  know  where  the  soul 
shall  go  after  the  body  dies,  nor  anything  of  God 
who  lives  in  heaven/7 

6.  "  Why  don't  people  tell  them  then  \ "  said 
Henry,  earnestly.  "  Sometimes  preachers  do  go 
out  to  tell  them  ;  but  many  of  the  poor  heathen 
live  in  very  warm  countries,  where  white  men 
cannot  go,  and  sometimes  they  are  killed." 

7.  Henry  thought  about  what  his  mother  had 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  KEADEfc.  81 


said,  all  that  day,  and  after  he  had  said  his 
prayers  that  night,  he  went  to  her  side  and  said, 
rt  Mother,  when  J  grow  np,  may  I  be  a  minister* 
and  go  out  to  teach  the  poor  heathen  about  Jesus 
Christ,  and  that  they  have  got  souls  ? "  Mrs 
Lowe  said,  "  Yes,  when  you  grow  up."  So  Henry 
vent  to  sleep  quite  happy. 

8.  Henry  grew  up  to  be  a  man  after  many 
years,  and  was  able  to  leave  his  home,  and  go  to 
India.  He  felt  sorry  to  leave  his  aged  mother^ 
and  all  his  friends,  but  he  was  more  sorry  for; 
the  poor  heathen  who  were  so  ignorant,  so  b$ 
was  soon  on  the  wide  ocean,  far  away  from  land. 

9.  The  captain  of  the  vessel  was  a  very  good 
man,  and  the  first  Sabbath  at  sea  he  wanted 
Henry  to  preach,  so  all  the  sailors  gathered  on 
the  deck  to  hear  him.  While  ho  was  preaching 
he  told  them  how  he  first  thought  of  being  a> 
minister  to  the  heathen,  after  he  had  asked  the 
hunter  whether  birds  had  souls*  and  when  he  had 
finished  telling  them,  the  good  old  captain  came 
forward,  and  taking  Henry  by  the  hand,  said  t 

10.  "  Sir,  I  am  that  man,  and  I  never  shall 
forget  the  lesson  you  taught  me.  After  you 
asked  me  that  simple  questiou  I  began  to  think, 
*If  these  birds  have  not  souls  that  can  go  to 
heaven  or  hell,  /  have ;'  so  it  set  me  to  thinking 
and  thinking,  more  than  I  ever  did  before,  and 


82  OUH  OWN  SECOND  HEADER. 


the  result  is,  that  I  now  hope  to  go  to  heaven 
and  see  my  Saviour  there.     God  bless  you,  sir." 

11.  The  tears  came  into  Henry's  eyes  and  into 
the  eyes  of  all  the  sailors,  and  the  captain  sobbed 
like  a  little  child.  Henry  thanked  God  who  had 
put  that  question  into  his  mouth,  and  made  it 
the  means  of  the  man's  conversion  ;  and  so  his 
usefulness  commenced  when  he  was  a  child, 
though  he  did  not  intend  it. 

12.  Cannot  you,  little  ones,  do  something  for 
Christ's  cause  %  The  Bible  says,  "  He  that  con- 
verteth  a  sinner  from  the  error  of  his  way,  saveth 
a  soul  from  death,   and  hideth  a  multitude  of 


sins." 


LEWM»\     SJLYI. 

Blue 

each 

glowed 

sac'ri-fice 

hours 

up'ward 

bear'ing 

pen'i-tence 

night 

heav'en 

kneel  'ing 

re-niem'ber 

smiles 

drooped 

glid'ed  ' 

pur'ple 

plumes 

mis-spent7 

gen'er-ous 

child'hood 

CHILDHOOD  S  HOUKS. 


I       1.  Amid  the  blue  and  starry  sky, 
A  group  of  Hours,  one  even 
Met,  as  they  took  their  upward  flight 
Into  the  highest  heaven. 


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2.  And  they  were  going  up  to  heaven, 

With  all  that  had  been  done 
By  little  children,  good  or  bad, 
Since  the  last  rising  sun. 

3.  And  some  had  gold  and  purple  wings, 

Some  droop'd  like  faded  flowers, 
And  sadly  soar'd  to  tell  the  tale, 
That  they  were  mis-spent  Hours. 

4.  Some  glow'd  with  rosy  hopes  and  smiles, 

And  some  had  many  a  tear ; 
Others  had  some  kind  words  and  acts 
To  carry  upward  there. 

5.  A  shining  hour,  with  golden  plume^ 

Was  laden  with  a  deed 
Of  generous  sacrifice,  a  child 
Had  done  for  one  in  need. 

6.  And  one  was  bearing  up  a  prayer 

A  little  child  had  said, 
All  full  of  penitence  and  love, 
While  kneeling  by  his  bed. 

7.  And  thus  they  glided  on,  and  gave 

Their  records  dark,  and  bright, 
To  Him,  who  marks  each  passing  hour 
Of  childhood's  day  and  night. 


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8.  Remember,  children  of  the  earth, 
Each  hour  is  on  its  way, 
Bearing  its  own  report  tu  heaven 
Of  all  you  do  and  say. 


liEgSOI  XLVII. 

Things 

verse           eon-cern'      con-cerned' 

teach 

help            Bi'ble            an-oth'er 

$how 

for-get'       read'ing        to-geth'er 

meant 

com-mit'     writ'ten        terup-ta'tion 

through 

tempt'ed     sen'tence       corn-mand'ment 

THE  COMMANDM  CNTS. 

ii  The  things  which  God  in  the  Bible  has  told 
us  we  must  do  are  called  His  commandments 
Commandments  are  the  things  which  we  are  told 
we  must  obey. 

2.  There  are  many  of  these  in  the  Bible ;  and 
that  we  may  not  forget  them,  or  neglect  them, 
we  ought  to  read  some  in  the  blessed  Bible  every 
day. 

3.  This  will  help  us  to  remember  all  through 
fche  day  what  will  please  God ;  and  when  we  are 
tempted  to  sin,  it  will  help  us  to  resist  the  temp- 
tation, and  to  do  right,  for  His  commandment* 
will  be  fresh  in  our  minds. 

4.  When  we  read  the  Bible,  we  must  remem- 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER.  8$ 

ber  that  every  sentence  in  it  was  written  for  our 
good,  and  to  teach  us  how  to  do  right. 

5.  If  we  cannot  see  at  first  how  the  verses  we 
have  read  concerns  us,  or  teach  us  anything,  then: 
we  must  stop  and  tnink  more  about  them,  and 
pray  to  God  to  show  us  what  he  meant  we  should- 
learu  from  them,  or  else  our  reading  will  not  do 
our  hearts  good. 

6.  This  simple  rule  will  make  God  s  Word  very 
precious  to  us,  and  in  this  way  a  few  verses  wilT 
do  us  more  good  than  it  would  to  read  all  the 
Bible  through,  without  caring  to  find  out  how  it 
concerned  us. 

7.  A  number  of  God's  chief  commandments 
are  put  together  in  one  place,  in  the  first  part  of 
the  Bible.  These  are  called  the  ten  command- 
ments. 

8.  In  another  part  of  this  book,  we  will  tell 
you  these  just  as  they  are  written  in  the  Bible, 
and  you  must  then  commit  them  to  memory. 


LESSOR    Xli VIII. 

Ground 

cold 

cli'inate 

melt'cd 

nighl; 

feath'ers 

chirp'ing 

al'ways 

snow 

froz'en 

spar'row 

peo'ple 

once 

pick'ing 

snowed 

sum'mer 

efflgrs 

hay 'stacks 

du'ring 

snow'birc 

86  OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER. 

THE  SNOW  BIRDS. 

George,  Oh,  mother  !  the  ground  is  all  covered 
with  snow ! 

Mother,  Yes,  my  dear  :  it  has  snowed  during 
the  night,  and.  covered  the  earth  to  the  depth  of 
several  inches. 

George.  Oh,  look  at  the  pretty  snow-birds  I 
See  how  close  they  come  to  the  door.  But  are 
they  not  very  cold,  mother,  their  feet  are  so 
red  \ 

Mother.  No,  George.  The  little  snow-birds 
are  not  afraid  of  the  cold.  They  are  all  covered 
with  soft  and  warm  feather,-. 

George.  But  are  not  tl v:v:  feet  cold?  When 
my  feet  were  once  almost  frozen,  they  were  red, 
just  like  the  snow-birds'  feet. 

Mother.  Their  feet  are  always  red,  in  summer 
as  well  as  in  winter. 

George.  Where  do  the  enow-birds  go  in  the 
summer-time,  mother  %  I  never  see  them  after 
the  winter  has  gone. 

Mother.  They  love  the  snow  and  the  cold,  and 
they  go  away  off  to  the  north  in  the  summer- 
time, where  they  lay  their  eggs  and  hatch  their 
young  ones. 

George,  Then,  if  they  love  the  cold  so  well, 
why  do  they  not  stay  there  \  It  is  always  cold 
at  the  north,  you  have  told  me. 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  HEADER.  87 

Mother.  They  come  here  for  food.  In  our 
mild  climate,  very  many  plants  grow,  the  seeds 
of  which  are  good  food  for  them. 

George.  But  it  snows  here  too,  mother,  and 
covers  up  all  the  ground. 

Mother.  But  not  often  so  deep  as  to  cover  up 
the  tops  of  weeds  and  bushes  in  the  woods  and 
corners  of  the  fields,  from  which  they  may  still 
pick  the  seeds.  See,  there !  Do  you  not  see 
that  little  bird  picking  out  the  seeds  from  a  stalk 
which  still  lifts  itself  above  the  snow  ? 

George.  Oh,  yes!  Dear  little  bird!  See! 
Now  it  has  come  up  to  the  door,  and  is  picking 
up  the  crumbs  from  the  step, 

Mother*  After  a  deep  snow,  they  always  come 
about  the  houses,  and  barns,  and  haystacks,  to 
pick  up  crumbs  and  seeds. 

George.  Where  are  they  when  it  does  not 
snow,  or  w hen  all  the  snow  is  melted  \ 

Mother.  They  are  in  the  woods  and  the  fields, 
seeking  their  food  from  weeds  and  shrubs  \ 

George.  They  all  turn  to  sparrows  in  the  sum- 
mer-time, do  they  not,  mother  % 

Mother.  No,  dear.  Did  I  not  tell  you  that 
they  all  leave  us.  and  go  away  to  the  north, 
where  the  climate  is  colder. 

George.  Oh,  yes.  But  then  I  heard  Mr  Murray 
say,  that  the  little  chirping  sparrows,  that  live 


88 


OVh.  OWN  SECOND  HEADER. 


about  the  house  in  summer-time,  are  snow-birda, 
with  new  feathers  on. 

Mother.  Other  people  besides  Mr  Murray  have 
thought  so.  But  a  sparrow  is  a  sparrow,  and  a 
snow-bird  a  snow*  bird.  But  come,  it  is  break- 
fast-time, and  you  must  make  yourself  ready  fo* 
school. 


LKSSOS  \MX. 


Ech'o 
com'mon 
mom/ tain 
faiut'er 
sol'dier 


heed'ed 
dread 'ful 
slauol/ter 
begged 
mock'ing 


Prot'est-ant 
im'pu-dent 
de-rid 'ing 
mas'sa-cre    e-vent'ful 
sur-prised'    for-got'ten 


suppose 

leav'ihg 

thank'ful 
j 


KIND  ECHOES. 


1.  There  is  a  pretty  little  saying,  which,  if  not 
very  common,  is,  I  am  sure,  very  true  :  it  is 
this  :  "  If  we  speak  kind  words,  we  will  hear  kind 


echoes ! 


2.  "  How  is  this,  and  what  does  it  mean  ? n  I 
fancy  I  hear  a  youthful  voice  exclaim  ;  well,  now, 
I  will  show  you. 

3.  If  I  could  take  you  all  at  once  to  a  deep 
valley  between  two  high  hills,  or  put  you  in  some 
little  nook  between  lofty  mountains,  or  if  I  could 
place  you  in  a  boat  on  the  lonely  waters  of  a 
quiet  lake,  and  then  bid  you  shout  your  name 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER.  89 

with  all  your  might,  you  might  hear  it  repeated 
once,  twice,  yes,  several  times,  growing  fainter  and 
fainter  ac  i  time,  till  it  died  quite  away  on  your 
ear. 

4.  You  might  think  that  you  had  only  spoken 
and  yet  several  seemed  calling.  Surely  it  is  some 
one  mocking  ;  but  no !  it  is  only  yourself,  with 
your  own  little  voice  doing  it  all  ;  so  there  is  no 
need  to  be  offended.  You  see  what  a  wonderful 
power  you  have  of  making  yourself  heard.  This* 
then,  is  the  echo. 

5.  If  you  were  not  to  speak,  you  would  hear 
no  echo.— God  has  kindly  made  all  these  won- 
ders, and  they  ought  to  teach  us  a  lesson,  if 
we  would  only  think  about  everything  we  see 
and  hear. 

6.  Kindness  is  like  a  sweet,  soft  echo  ;  if  little 
children  speak  loving  words  to  each  other,  loving 
won  Is  come  back  again  to  them  ;  and  if  they  do 
kind  actions,  kind  actions  come  back  again. 

7.  There  was  once  a  little  girl  at  school*  in 
France  a  great  many  years  ago,  and  she  was  walk- 
ing out  one  day  with  her  companions  in  some 
large,  beautiful,  public  gardens.  It  happened 
that  a  poor  soldier  was  there  on  duty,  and  not 
being  able  to  leave  his  post  he  begged  the  young 
ladies  to  be  so  kind  as  to  bring  him  a  little  water. 

8.  Her  companions,  however,  heeded  him  not, 


90  OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER. 


except  to  say  how  exceeding  impudent  it  was  of 
a  common  soldier  to  speak  to  them.  The  little 
oirl,  however,  had  a  kind  and  tender  heart,  and 
could  not  think  of  leaving  a  fellow-creature  in 
want,  when  she  might  assist  him. 

9,  She  therefore  ran  and  procured  some  water, 
her  companions,  meantime,  deriding  her  for  doing 
so.  When  she  brought  it  to  the  poor  soldier,  he 
could  not  utter  half  his  gratitude,  he  was  so  sur- 
prised and  thankful ;  but  he  asked  her  name  and 
where  she  lived,  and  then  she  went  away. 

10.  Not  many  days  after,  a  dreadful  massacre 
took  place,  in  that  city,  of  all  the  Protestants,  but 
that  little  girl  was  saved  ;  and  how,  do  you  think  f 
The  poor  soldier  had  not  forgotten  his  little  friend; 
the  kind  action  had  gone  deep,  even  into  the 
heart  of  one  used  to  scenes  of  cruelty  and  blood- 
shed, and  the  little  girl  felt  the  glad  echo  amidst 
the  slaughter  and  gloom  of  that  very  eventful  day, 

1 1  Now  go  and  practise  my  story,  dear  chil- 
dren ;  let  your  lips  breathe  forth  only  gentle 
tones  and  words,  and  be  ready  at  all  times  to  do 
an  act  of  love  and  kindness  towards  any  human 


being. 


Speak  gently !  'tis  a  little  word, 
Dropp'd  in  the  heart's  deep  well; 

The  love,  the  joy  that  it  may  bring, 
Eternity  will  tell. 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER.  91 


Sneezed  per-haps7 

mewed  ex-cept' 

brought  e-nough' 

kit'ten  Su'san 
cel'lar          »        break'fast 

morning  ]aughed 

tow'el  pleas'ant 

play'ful  mis'chiev-ous 

mary's  kitten. 

1.  I  once  knew  a  little  girl  named  Mary.  She 
had  a  little  kitten  that  had  blue  eyes,  and  was  all 
white  except  the  tip  of  its  tail  and  one  paw,  which 
were  black. 

2.  The  kitteu  loved  Mary  very  much.  Every 
morning  she  would  come  to  her  door,  and,  when 
it  was  opened,  she  would  run  in  and  jump  on  her 
bed,  and  pur,  and  rub  her  face  against  Mary's 
cheek,  as  if  to  say,  "  Good-morning  ! " 

3.  She  was  a  playful  little  kitten,  too.  When 
Mary  was  dressing,  she  would  run  after  her,  and 
play  with  her  shoe-strings,  so  that  sometimes 
Mary  was  not  dressed  when  the  breakfast  bell 
was  rung. 

4.  One  day,  Mary  went  to  see  her  aunt,  and  on 
her  return  home,  she  could  not  find  her  kitten. 


92  0T7R  OWN  SECOND  READER. 

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She  called  all  over  the  house,  but  the  kitten  did 
not  onie.  "  Oh,  mother ! "  said  she,  "  I  fear  my 
kitten  is  lost." 

5.  Her  mother  opened  the  cellar-door,  and 
called  "  Kitty,  kitty !  "  In  a  moment,  a  little  kit- 
ten came  running  up  the  stairs.  As  soon  as  Mary 
Raw  her,  she  began  to  cry,  and  said,  "  This  is  not 
my  kitten  :  my  kitten  is  all  white,  and  this  one 
is  all  black." 

6.  And,  sure  enough,  the  little  mischievous 
creature  had  been  among  the  coal,  and  was  so  full 
of  the  black  coal-dust,  that  you  would  have 
thought  she  had  never  been  white.  Mary's 
mother  laughed,  and  she  said,  "  Kitty  is  some- 
thing like  my  little  girl.  When  she  is  cross,  I 
say,  '  That  is  not  my  little  Mary,  for  my  little 
girl  is  pleasant.,  and  this  little  girl  is  cross/  Let 
Susan  wash  Kitty,  and  perhaps  she  will  be  white 


again." 


7.  Susan  brought  a  pail  of  water  and  some 
soap,  and  held  the  kitten  fast  in  the  pail  while  she 
rubbed  her  well.  Kitty  did  not  like  it  much,  and 
tried  to  get  away.  She  sneezed  and  mewed,  as 
the  water  got  into  her  mouth.  But  pretty  soon 
she  was  all  white  again,  and  Susan  rubbed  iier  as 
dry  as  she  could  with  a  towel,  and  put  her  into 
Mary's  apron. 

8.  Mary  ran  smiling  into  her  mother's  room. 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER.  93 


"  Oh !  here  is  my  white  kitten  come  back  again," 
she  said.  And,  sure  enough,  the  kitten  was  as 
pretty  as  ever. 

9.  "  Now  the  kitten  is  like  my  little  Mary, 
when  she  is  good/'  said  her  mother.  "I  then 
Bay,  I  am  so  glad  to  have  my  pleasant  little  girl 
back  again,  instead  of  the  cross  child  who  was 
here  a  short  time  ago." 


A-round'      be-longs'       sweet'est       WilTcins 
iift'ed  reached         far'mer  be-longed' 

al-read'y       a-gainst'       carried         ten'der-ly 

THE  LAMB. 

1.  As  Clara  Wood  was  on  her  way  to  school 
one  day,  she  found  a  little  lamb  lying  in  the  soft 
green  grass.  She  looked  all  around,  but  its  darn 
was  not  to  be  seen.  She  lifted  it  tenderly  in  her 
arms,  and  carried  it  back  to  her  home. 

2.  As  she  walked  along,  the  lamb  laid  its  head 
against  her  bosom,  and  looked  up  in  her  face  with 
its  mild  eyes.  Already  she  loved  it ;  and  wrhen 
$he  reached  home,  she  said  : 

3.  "Dear  mother!  Look  here,  I  have  the 
aweetest  little  lamb!  It  was  all  alone  in  th» 
field,  and  I  have  brought  it  home.     May  it  ba 


94         OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER. 

mine,  mother  %     I  will  give  it  some  of  my  bread 
and  milk,  and  oil  !   I  will  love  it  very  much." 

4.  But  Clara's  mother  said  that  the  lamb,  no 
doubt,  belonged  to  farmer  Wilkins,  and  that  it 
would  not  be  ri<i;ht  for  her  to  keep  it. 

5.  Then  Mrs  Wood,  seeing  how  sad  Clara  looked, 
said  :  <;  It  would  be  wrong,  my  love,  for  you  to 
keep  what  belongs  to  farmer  Wilkins.  If  you 
had  a  lamb,  and  it  were  lost,  would  you  think  it 
right  for  the  person  who  found  it  to  keep  it  as 
his  own  ? " 

6.  Clara  Wood,  though  a  little  girl,  saw  in  a 
moment  that  she  had  no  right  to  keep  the  lamb. 
She  then  said,  with  tears  in  her  eyes  :  "  Must  I 
carry  it  over  to  farmer  Wilkins  1 " 

7.  "  Yes,  dear.  It  may  be  his  :  but,  if  not,  he 
can  tell  you  to  whom  it  belongs." 

8.  Clara  took  the  lamb  in  her  arms  again,  and 
carried  it  over  to  farmer  Wilkins. 


LESSOM   I'll. 

Fields  ground  stoop'ing  skipping 

brought    .  .flocks  knowing  looking 

found  though  bringing  re-plied7 

the  lamb — (Concluded.) 
1.  "I  found  this  dear  little  lamb  all  alone  in 
the  fields,  as  I  went  to  school,"  said  Clara,  when 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER.  95 


she  saw  the  farmer,   "  Mother  said  it  must  be 
yours  ;  and  I  have  brought;  it  over  to  you." 

2.  "  Yes,  it  is  my  lamb,"  said  farmer  Wilkinsl, 
as  he  took  the  little  animal  from  her  arms  ;  "  and 
you  are  a  good  girl  for  bringing  it  home  to  me. 
If  the  dogs  had  found  it,  they  would  have  torn  it 
all  to  pieces." 

3.  As  the  farmer  said  this,  he  put  the  lamb 
upon  the  ground,  but,  as  Clara  thought,  not  very 
gently.  Stooping  down,  she  put  her  arms  around 
its  neck  and  kissed  it.  Then  looking  into  the 
farmer's  face,  she  said  :  <k  You  will  not  hurt  the 
poor  lamb,  sir,  will  you  ?  " 

4.  "  Oh,  no,  child,  I  will  not  hurt  it."  As  the 
farmer  said  this,  he  saw  that  there  were  tears  in 
the  eyes  of  the  little  girl,  and  knowing  that  she 
loved  the  lamb,  and  would  like  to  keep  it,  he  said  : 
"  If  that  lamb  were  yours,  what  would  you  do 
with  it  ?  " 

5.  "  Oh  !  v  replied  she,  "  I  would  feed  it  with 
new  milk  from  our  cow  every  day  ;  and  I  would 
make  it  a  nice  soft  bed  to  sleep  on,  where  no  cold 
nor  rain  can  touch  it.  And  I  would  love  it  so 
much  !  " 

6  "Take  it,  then,  my  good  .little  girl,"  said  the 
farmer.  "  I  have  a  great  many  lambs  in  my 
flocks,  and  shall  not  miss  this  one.  Take  it ;  it 
is  youm" 


:*6 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER. 


7.  "  Oh,  I  am  so  glad ! v'  said  the  now  happy 
child.  Then  lifting  the  lamb  once  more  into  her 
arms,  she  ran  home  with  it  as  fast  as  she  could. 
She  nursed  the  lamb  with  so  much  care,  that  itr 
scarcely  missed  the  mother  from  which  it  had 
been  taken.  It  soon  learned  Clara's  voice,  and 
would  follow  her  about,  and  sport  with  her  as 
playfully  as  a  kitten. 

8.  Every  day,  when  she  went  to  school,  her 
mother  bad  to  shut  the  lamb  up  in  the  house  to 
keep  it  from  following  her ;  but  when  she  came 
home,  it  would  see  her  a  good  way  off,  and  run, 
skipping  along,  to  meet  her. 

9.  Though  the  lamb  could  not  tell,  in  words, 
how  much  it  loved  its  dear  young  friend,  yet 
Clara  could  read  love  in  its. eyes  ;  and  she  knevr 
all  it  would  have  said,  if  it  had  been  gifted  witk 
speech. 


Heav'en 
pas'tor 
pleas'ant 
de-light' 

LESS***    Mil 

hum'ble        marked 
be-neath'      gen'tle 
no'ble            cre-ate' 
ear'nest         meek'neas 

earHi-esfc 
lan'guish-ing 
pa'tient-ly 
re-newed' 

*  HOW  FAR  IS  HEAVEW  !  n 

I.  "How  far  is  heaven  from  me,  mother ! 
Ask'd  little  Jane  one  day, 


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»- 


"  Our  pastor  says  tliat  some  are  near* 
And  others  far  away, 

2.  "And  when  my  brother  David  died, 

Who  was  so  good  and  dear, 
You  told  me  he  had  gone  to  heaven, 
That  he  had  long  been  near. 

3.  "  Please  tell  me  what  you  meao,  mother, 

I  do  not  understand, 
How  one  can  live  and  walk  on  earth 
And  yet  be  near  that  land." 

4.  "  My  little  Jane,"  the  mother  said,, 

"  When  you  were  with  aunt  Clarey 
Did  not  your  thoughts  oft  turn  to  homev 
And  to  the  loved  ones  there  I " 

5.  "  Yes,  mother,  though  my  friends  were  kind, 

And  'twas  a  pleasant  place, 
I  thought  of  home  each  day  and  night, 
And  long'd  to  see  your  face." 

6.  "  And  thus  it  is,  my  little  Jane, 

With  all  God's  children  here  ; 
They  think  of  heaven,  their  Father's  house, 
And  hold  it  very  dear. 

7.  "The  law  of  God  is  their  delight, 

Sweet  peace  to,  them  is  given, 

D 


98  OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER. 

And  though  they  live  and  walk  on  earth. 
Yet  they  are  near  to  heaven. 

8.  "Of  such  your  brother  David  was, 

So  humble  and  so  mild  ; 
I  think  that  from  his  earliest  years, 
He  was  a  Christian  child. 

9.  "The  days  of  languishing  and  pain 

So  patiently  he  bore, 
And  gentle  words  he  spoke  to  all, — 
How  oft  1  think  them  o'er ! " 

10.  **  Yes,  mother,  once  he  said  to  me, 
(His  voice  was  very  low,) 
Janie,  my  Father  calls  me  home, 
And  I  am  glad  to  go. 

il.  "  Jt  is  a  solemn  thing  to  die, 
But  I  have  not  a  fear  ; 
Jesus  walks  with  me  through  the  vale, 
And  heaven  !  it  is  so  near." 

12.  While  Janie  spoke,  the  mother  wept 

For  him  beneath  the  sod, 
The  gentle,  noble,  loving  boy, 
So  early  gone  to  God. 

13.  That  night  when  Janie  knelt  to  pray, 

'Twafe  with  more  earnest  tone, 


OUli  OWN  SECOND  KLADEK. 


99 


That  Cod  would  new  create  her  heart, 
And  make  her  all  His  own. 

14.  And  from  this  time  the  mother  mark'd, 

That  she  in  meekness  crew, 
And  daily  sought  for  strength  divine, 
Her  Father's  will  to  do. 

15.  And  now  to  Jane,  renew'd  in  heart, 

By  God  himself  'twas  given, 
To  know  how  one  can  live  on  earth, 
And  yet  be  near  to  heaven. 


BiKN^OX  1,1  V. 


Leaves 

sheaves 

stripped 

rabluts 

float 

flow 'ens 

cov'ers 

sum 'in  er 

scents 

mead'ows 

yeh/itiff 

win'ter 

stream 

pros'pect 

scpiir'rels 

au'tumn 

THE  FOUK  SEASONS. 

1.  How  mild  and  fine  is  Spring!  The  rose 
puts  forth  its  leaves.  The  fruit-trees  are  in  full 
bloom.  Tlie  snow -drop  grows  up  at  our  feet. 
Sweet  scents  float  on  the  soft  irale. 

2.  Come,  Charles  and  Ann,  and  let  us  walk 
upon  the  green  grass.  Hark  !  what  I  mi)  do  we 
hear?     It  is  a  hive  of  bees  ;  how  Imy  they  are  ! 


100        OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER. 


The  bees  sip  their  sweets  from  the  flowers  ;  they 
form  small  cells  with  wax  ;  they  toil  all  the  days 
that  are  fair ;  when  cold,  they  keep  close  to  their 
hives. 

3.  The  vine  climbs  up  the  high  wall ;  the  hop 
clings  around  the  tall  poles ;  the  rose,  though  so 
sweet,  has  a  thorn ;  the  bee,  with  its  sweets,  has 
a  sting. 

4.  Summer  has  now  come,  and  the  cool  dews 
have  left  the  earth.  Now  the  hio;h  sun  darts  his 
beams.  The  flocks  and  herds  seek  the  cool  shade. 
The  fruits  are  now  red  on  the  trees.  The  meadows 
are  thick  with  high  grass. 

5.  The  sweet  hay  scents  the  vale.  The  men 
and  boys  spread  the  hay.  Let  us  help  to  toss  the 
new  mown  grass.  Let  us  sit  down  on  the  new 
made  hay. 

6.  The  cool  stream  winds  through  the  vale ; 
the  little  boat  skims  down  the  stream ;  soft  sounds 
float  on  the  still  air.  Let  us  sit  down  in  the  cool 
shade.    Then  we  will  go  home  through  the  grove. 

7.  See,  the  trees  bend  with  the  ripe  fruit  of 
Autumn.  The  wheat  looks  bright  like  gold.  The 
ears  are  now  ripe  on  the  stem ;  they  bend  down 
the  stalk.     The  ears  are  full  of  ripe  wheat. 

8.  The  men  now  reap  the  high  grain  ;  then  they 
tie  it  up  in  large  heaps.  See  the  sheaves  ;  how 
thick  they  stand;  the  team  goes  home  with  the  load. 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER.  101 


9.  See  the  stacks  in  the  farm-yard.  The  large 
barns  are  full  of  grain.  Let  us  sit  down  near 
the  stacks.  The  woods  ring  with  the  voice  of 
joy.  The  glad  farmer,  in  near  prospect,  views 
his  spacious  barns  filled  with  various  grain. 

10.  Stern  Winter  has  now  come,  and  the  frost 
is  hard  on  the  ground.  Charles,  call  James  and 
Ann  to  me.  Where  are  your  hats  and  coats  'i 
Let  us  walk  round  the  fields. 

11.  The  trees  are  now  stripped  of  their  leaves. 
The  birds  sit  still  on  the  boughs.  The  ice  hangs 
from  the  high  roof  :  the  snow  and  ice  shine  in  the 
sun.  See,  the  boys  and  men  slide  and  skate  upon 
the  ice  which  covers  the  pond. 

12.  Hark !  do  you  hear  the  sound  of  the  horn, 
the  yelping  of  the  hounds,  and  the  gun  %  Now  I 
feel  for  the  poor  birds,  the.  squirrels,  and  the 
rabbits. 


Pass'ing 
o;ar'den 
clus'ter 
trelTis 

tJBS&ON   IiV. 
jumped        en'vi-ous 
at  tempt'    schol'ar 
luck'y          want'ed 
nothing      sometimes 

offered 
hap'pened 
ob-tained' 
un-der-stand' 

sour  grapes. —  (A  Fable.) 

1.  A  fox,  passing  by  a  garden,  one  day,  saw 
some  very  sweet  and  ripe  grapes  hanging  in  clus- 


L02  OUR  OWN  SKCOND  READER. 


ters  from  tlie  vines.  I >nfc  the  vines  had  been 
trained,  as  vines  should  be,  ou  a  lii«rfa  wall  or  on 
a  tall  trellis,  and  he  could  not  reach  them. 

2.  He  ju  nped  up  and  ran  round  the  vines, 
and  tried  every  way  in  his  power  to  get  the 
grapes.  But  all  was  in  vain.  He  could  not  reach 
one  of  them. 

3.  At  last,  tired  in  the  vain  attempt  to  reach 
them,  he  went  off,  saying  to  himself,  "  They  are 
nothing  but  sour  grapes  after  all.  I  would  not 
pick  them  up  if  they  were  lying  at  my  feet." 

4.  Sometimes,  little  boys  and  girls  act  just  as 
the  fox  did.  If  they  want  something  which  they 
have  tried  to  get,  and  find  that  some  one  else  has 
been  so  fortunate  as  to  obtain  it,  they  say  it  is 
good  for  nothing,  and  they  would  not  take  it  if 
they  could  get  it. 

5.  John  Carney  was  an  envious  boy.  He  had 
been  trying  very  hard  to  secure  a  prize  which 
his  teacher  had  offered  to  the  scholar  that  should 
be  at  the  head  of  his  class  on  a  certain  day. 

G.  It  so  happened  chat  James  Read  obtained 
the  prize,  and  John  Carney,  who  wanted  it  very5 
much,  having  failed,  said  to  James,  "  You  feel 
very  proud  because  you  have  the  pr.ze.  I  woidd 
not  take  it,  if  the  master  would  give  it  to  me." 

7.  In  saying  and  doing  so,  John  acted  jnst  as 
the  fox  did,  when  he  could  not  reach  the  grapes. 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER. 


103 


8.  Now,  if  you  hear  any  one  say,  "  S  rar  grapes/' 
I  Lope  you  will  understand  what  it  means. 


liKSSOS    MI. 

Les'son 

ap-pear' 

dis-graee' 

pa'tience 

Buc-ceed' 

con'quer 

re- ward' 

only 

cour'age 

pre- vail' 

a -gain' 

per-se-vere' 

TRY,  TRY  AGAIN. 

1.  'Tis  a  lesson  you  should  heed — 

Try— try  again ; 
If  at  first  you  don't  succeed, 

Try — try  again. 
Then  your  courage  should  appear, 
For  if  you  will  persevere, 
You  will  conquer — never  fear — 

Try — try  again. 

2.  Once  or  twice  though  you  should  fui^ 

Try— try  again ; 
If  you  would  at  last  prevail, 

Try — try  again  ; 
If  we  strive,  'tis  no  disgrace, 
Though  we  may  not  win  the  raco ; 
What  should  you  do  in  that  case  1 

Try — try  again. 

S.  If  you  find  your  task  is  hard, 
Try — try  again. 


104  OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER. 


Time  will  bring  you  your  reward; 

Try — try  again. 
All  that  other  folks  can  do, 
Why  with  patience  should  not  you  ? 
Only  keep  this  rule  in  view ; 

Try — try  again. 


LESSOR    LYII. 

Be-hold'  hushed  wis'dom  pleas'ant 
de-light'  for-sook'  re-ward7  lul'la-by 
<?en'tle         rocked       pret'ty  af-fec'tion-ate 

MY  MOTHER. 

1.  When  first  my  eyes  beheld  the  light, 
Who  said  those  little  eyes  were  bright, 
And  that  I  was  her  heart's  delight  1 

My  mother. 

2.  Who  fed  me  from  her  gentle  breast, 
And  hush'd  me  in  her  arms  to  rest, 
And  on  my  cheek  sweet  kisses  press'd  1 

My  mother. 

3.  When  sleep  forsook  my  open  eye, 
Who  was  it  sung  sweet  lullaby, 

And  rock'd  me,  that  I  should  not  cry  ? 
My  mother. 

4.  Who  ran  to  help  me  when  I  fell, 
And  would  some  pretty  story  tell, 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER.  105 


Or  kiss  the  place  to  make  it  well'? 
My  mother. 

5.  Who  taught  my  infant  lips  to  pray, 
And  love  God's  holy  book  and  day, 
And  walk  in  wisdom's  pleasant  way  ? 

My  mother. 

6.  And  can  I  ever  cease  to  be 
Affectionate  and  kind  to  thee, 
Who  wast  so  very  kind  to  me, 

My  mother  % 

7.  0  no  ;  the  thought  I  could  not  bear  ; 
And  if  God  please  my  life  to  spare, 

I  hope  I  shall  reward  thy  care, 
My  mother. 


fjES$4ft^T   liYIII. 


Reading  England  cap'tain  fast'ened 

drifting  looked  drowned  swallowed 

rolled  prayed  New  York'  sup-posed' 

hun'dred  tossed  sur-prised'  prov'i-dence 

thou'sand  hun'ger  At-lan'tic  New  Jersey 

CHILDREN  IN  A  BOAT, 

1.  I  have  just  been  reading  about  two  little 
boys,  who  lived  at  a  place  called  Egg-Harbour, 
upon  the  coast  of  New  Jersey. 


106  OULt  OWN  StCOND  HEADS  It. 


2.  One  day,  when  one  of  tlrmi  was  ab*jit  nine 
years  •>'■  I,  and  the  other  seven,  these  children  saw 
a  boat,  fastened  to  the  shore,  arid  got  into  it  to 
play  ;  I  nit  somehow  the  boat  got  loose  with  the 
little  hoys  in  it,  and  they  soon  found  that  they 
were  drifting  out  upon  the  sea. 

3  They  lost  sight  of  their  father's  house  ;  they 
began  to  see  less  and  less  of  the  town,  and  at 
length  they  got  so  far  that  they  could  not  see 
the  land.  The  waves  rolled  one  after  another  and 
drove  their  boat  far  out  into  the  Atlantic  0<*ean. 

4.  The  Atlantic  Ocean  is  the  great  wide  sea 
between  this  country  and  England.  It  is  about 
three  thousand  five  hundred  miles  wide.  If  you 
have  a  map  of  the  world  you  may  find  it,  and 
think  how  much  these  little  boys  must  have  been 
frightened,  when  they  looked  round  and  saw 
nothing  but  water. 

5.  When  the  dark  night  came  on,  and  they 
were  tossing  about  on  the  wide  sea.  far  from  their 
home,  their  warm  bed,  and  their  mothers  care, 
they  lay  down  and  wept. 

6*.  Perhaps,  they  thought  of  their  Father  in 
heaven,  and  prayed  to  Him  to  take  care  of  them. 
Even  little  children  may  pray  to  God.  It  was 
God  alone  who  could  keep  them  from  being 
swallowed  up  by  the  waves,  or  of  dying  with 
cold  and  hunger. 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER.  107 


7.  Two  days  and  two  nights  were  they  tossed 
about  in  the  boat,  and  could  sou  nothing  but 
water  all  around  them. 

8.  At  lenoth,  in  this  time  of  great  distress,  their 
boat  was  seen  by  some  people  in  a  ship  going'  to 
England.  The  Bailors  were  surprised  at  the  sight 
of  the  children,  ami  took  them  up,  almost  dead 
with  cold,  hunger,  and  grief. 

9.  The  ship  went  on  its  way.  and  came  near  to 
England.  Here  they  met  another  ship  going  to 
New  York,  and  the  Captain  of  the  ship,  who  had 
taken  them  out  of  the  boat,  gave  them  to  the 
other  Captain  to  take  care  of  them  and  bring 
them  home. 

10.  He  brought  them  to  their  parents,  who 
supposed  that  their  dear  boys  had  been  drowned, 
and  had  mourned  for  them  as  dead.  But  now 
their  sorrow  was  turned  into  joy,  and  the  parents 
and  children  rejoiced  together  at  meeting  once 
more. 

11.  These  children  never  forgot  the  kind  Provi- 
deuce  that  watched  over  and  preserved  them  when 
exposed  to  such  dangers.  They  lived  to  be  good, 
pious  men,  and  with  gratitude  to  Cod,  often  spoke 
of  His  goodness  in  restoriug  them  to  their  home 
and  friends. 


108  OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER. 


IjKWSO*    IiIX. 

Tongues 

knowledge 

se-lec'tions 

un-seem'ly 

faith 

moun'tains 

char'i-ty 

pro-voked' 

hope 

cym'bal 

suf'fer-eth 

re-joic'eth 

brass 

bear'eth 

mys'ter-ies 

in-i'qui-ty 

BIBLE  SELECTIONS. 1    Cor.  13. 

1.  Though  I  speak  with  the  tongues  of  men 
and  of  angels,  and  have  not  charity,  (that  is, 
love,)  I  am  become  as  sounding  brass,  or  a  tink- 
ling cymbal 

2.  And  though  I  have  the  gift  of  prophecy, 
and  understand  all  mysteries,  and  all  knowledge, 
and  though  I  have  all  faith,  so  that  I  could  re- 
move mountains,  and  have  not  charity,  I  am 
nothing. 

3.  And  though  I  bestow  all  my  goods  to  feed 
the  poor,  and  though  I  give  my  body  to  be 
burned,  and  have  not  charity,  it  profiteth  me 
nothing. 

4.  Charity  sufferetk  long,  and  is  kind  ; 
Charity  envieth  not ; 

Charity  vaunteth  not  itself, 
Is  not  puffed  up  ; 
Doth  not  behave  itself  unseemly ; 
Seeketh  not  her  own, 

5.  Is  not  easily  provoked, 
Thinketh  no  evil, 


OUR  OWN   SECOND  HEADER. 


U)<) 


Kejoiceth  not  in  iniquity, 
Bat  rejoioeth  in  the  truth ; 
Beareth  all  things, 
Believeth  all  things, 
Hopeth  all  tilings, 
Endureth  all  things. 
Charity  never  faileth. 

6.  And  now  abideth  faith,  hope,  charity,  these 
three,  but  the  greatest  of  these  is  charity. 


Shep'herd  com'fort 

inak'eth  wa'ters 

pas'tures  run'neth 

leadeth  surely         sin'ner 

beside'  good'ness     pro-tects' 


mer  cy 

presence 

valley 


re-stor'eth 

right'eous-ness 

pre-par'est 

a-noint'est 

en'e-inies 


psalm  23. 

1.  The  Lord  is  my  shepherd, 
I  shall  not  want. 

2.  He  maketh  me  to  lie  down  in  green  pas- 
tures. 

He  leadeth  me  beside  the  still  waters. 

3.  He  restoreth  my  soul ; 

He  leadeth  me  in  the  paths  of  righteousness 
for  his  name's  sake. 

4.  Yea,  though  I   walk  through  the  valley  of 
the  shadow  of  death, 


110  OU      OWN  SECOND  READER. 


I  will  f  •  :r  no  evil  ; 

For  thou  art  with  me  ; 

Thy  r  ><]  and  thy  staff  they  comfort  me. 

5.  Thou  preparest  a  table  before  me, 
In  tlr>  presence  of  mine  enemies  : 
Thou  anointest  my  ljead  with  oil; 
My  cup  runneth  over, 

6.  Snre'v  goodness  and  mercy  shall  follow  me 
All  the  days  of  my  life  : 

And  1  will  dwell 

In  the  house  of  the  Lord  for  ever, 

HYMN. 

1.  God  is  my  friend  :  1  need  not  fear, 
For  He  is  <rood  and  always  near ; 
And  He  will  keep  me  by  His  power. 
From  day  to  day,  from  hour  to  hour. 

2.  I  am  a  sinner  :  but  1  know — 

For  God's  own  Word  has  told  me  so — 
That  Jesus  Christ  came  down  from  heave* 
To  die,  that  I  mi^ht  be  forgiven. 

3.  One  thing  there  is  that  I  must  dread. 
And  that  is  sin  ;  for  God  has  said, 
Tliat  those  whom  He  protects  from  ill, 
Must  love  His  ways,  and  do  His  will. 


OUTi  OWN  SECOND  READER. 


Ill 


LESS*)*    B,\l. 


Sword 
snake 

cried 


sprang 
walked 
cbu'u'tiy 


a-fraid' 
laughed 
rat'tleWake 


mos-qui'to 

mor'ti-tied 

re-mem'ber 


THE  LOY  WHO  BOASTED. 


1.  Charles  is  a  boy  whom  we  all  like,  but  he 
has  one  bad  habit — he  is  too  apt  to  boast.  He 
will  tell  von  what  great  thin&s  he  would  do  if 
he  had  a  inn  and  a  sword,  and  were  in  battle. 

2.  Ha  will  tell  you  that  he  has  the  best  hat  in 
the  school,  and  the  best  pocket-knife  ;  that  his 
father  is  the  best  man  in  the  country,  and  his 
do<>  the  best  doff. 

3.  The  other  morning  I  joined  Charles  and  his 
sister  as  they  were  going  to  school.  We  walked 
along  together.  It  was  a  warm  day,  and  we 
thought  we  would  £o  through  the  woods. 

4.  Charles's  sister  sa  d  that  she  was  afraid  of 
snakes.  "  Oh  !  you  needn't  be  afraid  of  snakes," 
said  Charles  ;  "  if  I  were  to  see  one,  I  would  just 
take  up  a  big  stone,  and  let  him  have  it.  Who's 
afraid  of  a  snake?  I  could  manage  a  whole  nest 
of  snakes." 

5.  "  lint,"  said  I,  "are  you  not  afraid  of  a 
rattlesnake!  There  was  one  killed  near  this 
place   last   June." — "Afraid  of  a   rattlesnake!" 


112        OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER. 


cried  Charles  ;  "  why  I  would  kill  a  rattlesnake 
as  easily  as  I  would  a  mosquito." 

6.  No  sooner  had  he  said  this,  than  his  sister 
cried  out,  "  0  Charles,  look  there  in  the  road ! 
Take  care ! "  Charles  looked,  and  saw  what  he 
supposed  was  a  snake.  In  a  moment  all  his 
boasted  courage  vanished ;  and,  with  a  cry  of 
terror,  he  sprank  away  from  the  object  in  the 
road,  his  hat  falling  off  as  he  ran. 

7.  His  sister  laughed,  and  1  laughed  ;  for  it 
was  nothing  but  a  whip-lash  which  lay  in  the 
road,  and  which  looked  a  little  like  a  snake. 
Charles  ran  some  distance,  as  if  chased  by  a 
dozen  rattlesnakes  ;  but,  on  learning  his  mistake, 
he  came  back. 

8.  He  was  a  good  deal  mortified  by  this  show 
of  alarm.  Boys  who  boast  much  are  almost 
always  cowards.  Whenever  Charles's  sister  hears 
him  boasting  loudly  now,  she  whispers,  in  a 
friendly  way,  in  his  ear,  "  Remember  the  whip- 
lash !"     He  does  not  boast  as  much  as  he  did. 


LESSOX    liXII. 

Neigh'bor    break'fast     learned  what-ev'er 

be-long'       bas'kets        faithful  in-quired' 

hon'est        holding       guarding  de-term'in-ed 

sum'mer      slipped         stepped  at-tempt  ed 

landlord      larg'est         op'po-site  hon'est-y 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER.  113 

HONESTY  REWARDED, 

1.  Charles  was  an  honest  boy,  but  his  neigh- 
bor, Jack  Pilfer,  was  a  thief.  Charles  would 
never  take  anything  for  his  own  which  did 
not  belong  to  him  ;  but  Jack  would  take  what- 
ever he  could  get,  and  when  he  found  anything 
that  was  lost,  he  would  never  restore  it  to  the 
owner. 

2.  Early  one  summer  morning,  as  Charles  was 
going  to  school,  he  met  a  man  opposite  the  public- 
house,  who  had  oranges  to  sell.  The  man  wished 
to  stop  and  get  his  breakfast,  and  asked  Charles, 
if  he  would  hold  his  horse  while  he  went  into  the 
house 

3.  But  he  first  inquired  of  the  landlord  if  he- 
knew  Charles  to  be  an  honest  boy,  as  he  would 
not  like  to  trust  his  oranges  with  him,  if  he  was 
not. 

4.  "  Yes,"  said  the  landlord  ;  "  I  have  known 
Charles  all  his  life,  and  have  never  known  him  to 
lie  or  steal ;  all  the  neighbors  know  him  to  be 
an  honest  boy,  and  I  will  engage  your  oranges 
will  be  as  safe  with  him  as  with  yourself." 

5.  The  orange  man  then  put  the  bridle  into 
Charles's  hand,  and  went  into  the  house  to  eat 
his  breakfast. 

6.  Very  soon  Jack  Pilfer  came  along  the  road, 
and  seeing  Charles  holding  the  horse,  he  asked 


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him  whose  horse  he  had  there,  and  what  was  in 
the  baskets  on  the  horse  ?  Charles  told  him  that 
the  owner  of  the  horse  was  in  the  house,  and  that 
there  were  oranges  in  the  baskets. 

7.  As  soon  as  Jack  found  there  were  oranges 
in  the  baskets,  he  determined  to  have  one,  and 
going  up  to  the  basket',  he  slipped  in  his  hand  and 
took  out  one  of  the  largest,  and  was  making  off 
with  it. 

8.  But  Charles  said,  "  Jack,  you  shall  not  steal 
these  oranges  while  1  have  the  care  of  them,  and 
so  you  may  just  put  that  one  back  into  the  basket." 

9.  "  Not  I,"  said  Jack,  "  as  I  am  the  largest,  I 
snail  do  as  I  please  ;"  but  Charles  was  not  afraid 
of  him,  and  taking  the  orange  out  of  his  hand, 
he  threw  it  back  into  the  basket. 

10.  Jack  then  attempted  to  go  round  to  the 
other  side,  and  take  one  from  the  other  basket ; 
but  as  he  stepped  too  near  the  horses  heels,  he 
received  a  violent  kick,  which  sent  him  sprawling 
to  the  ground. 

1 1 .  His  cries  soon  brought  out  the  people  from 
the  house,  and  when  they  learned  what  had  hap- 
pened, they  said  that  Jack  was  rightly  served  ; 
and  the  orange  man,  taking  Charles's  hat,  filled  it 
with  oranges,  as  he  said  he  had  been  so  faithful 
in  guarding  them,  he  should  have  all  these  for  his 
honesty. 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  HEADER.  115 


l-B->M>\    IiXIII. 

Swelling 

fear'ful 

wheeled 

shoul'dered 

ban'ners 

played 

ramrod 

bay'o-net 

mu/kets 

charged 

be-hind' 

com-mis'sion 

paint'ed 

ex-cept' 

mul'len 

car'ried 

YOUNG  SOLDIERS. 

1.  Oh !  were  ytfii  ne'er  a  schoolboy, 

And  did  you  never  train, 
And  feel  that  swelling  of  the  heart 

You  ne'er  can  feel  again  ? 
Dklst  never  meet,  far  down  the  street, 

With  plumes  and  banners  gay, 
While  the  kettle,  for  the  kettle-drum, 

Play'd  your  march,  march  away  1 

2.  It  seems  to  me  but  yesterday, 

Nor  scarce  so  long  ago, 
Since  all  our  school  their  muskets  took, 

To  charge  the  fearful  foe. 
Our  muskets  were  of  cedar  wood, 

With  ramrod  bright  and  new ; 
With  bayonet  for  ever  set, 

And  painted  barrel  too. 

8.  We  charged  upon  a  flock  of  geese^ 
And  put  them  all  to  flight ; 


116        OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER. 


Except  one  sturdy  gander 

That  thought  to  show  us  fight ; 

But,  ah  !  we  knew  a  thing  or  two  ; 
Our  captain  wheel'd  the  van  ; 

We  routed  him,  we  scouted  him, 
Nor  lost  a  single  man  ! 

4.  Our  captain  was  as  brave  a  lad 
As  eer  commission  bore  ; 
All  brightly  shown  his  new  tin  sword, 

A  paper  cap  he  wore  : 
He  led  us  up  the  steep  hill-side, 

Against  the  western  wind, 
"While  the  cockerel  plume  that  deck'd  his 
head 
Stream'd  bravely  out  behind. 

5.  We  shoulder 'd  arms,  we  carried  arms, 

We  charged  the  bayonet ; 
And  woe  unto  the  mullen  stalk, 

That  in  our  course  we  met. 
At  two  o'clock  the  roll  we  calTd, 

And  till  the  close  of  day, 
With  fearless  hearts,  though  tired  limbs, 

We  fought  the  mimic  fray, 
Till  the  supper  bell,  from  out  the  dell, 

Bade  us  march,  march  away. 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER.  117 


IjESSON    liXI V 


Crea'ture     com'eth  treas'ure  em-ploy 'ed 

les'son  pleasure  hon'ey  gather-in  g 

in'sect  portion  per-plex'  ben'e-fit 

im-proves'  inis'chief  promise  in-struc'tion 

e-nough'      child'hood  in-dus'tri-ous  mem'o-ry 


THE  BEE. 


1.  What  an  industrious  little  creature  the  bee 
is ;  and  what  a  lesson  does  she  teach  little  boys 
and  girls  ;  nay,  all  of  us  ;  for  we  may  all  learn 
from  her  what  a  happy  thing  it  is  to  be  well 
employed. 

2.  This  little  insect  improves  every  hour  while 
the  sun  is  shining,  and  it  is  dry  enough  for  her 
to  be  out.  She  works  while  it  is  day,  for  the 
night  cometh  when  she  cannot  work. 

3.  But  the  bee  is  not  employed  in  gathering 
food  for  herself  only ;  nor  merely  for  her  own 
pleasure.  She  employs  her  little  portion  of  time 
for  the  benefit  of  others  also, — for  you  and  me. 
And  what  pleasant  food  she  makes ! 

4.  And  now,  my  dear  young  readers,  try  how 
happy  you  can  be ;  and  how  much  good  you  can 
do.  Instead  of  hanging  about,  as  some  idle  chil- 
dren do,  or  perhaps  getting  into  mischief,  do  you 
try  and  improve  each  hour  of  your  childhood. 


118  OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER. 

5.  This  is  the  time  for  you  to  lay  up  a  store  of 
knowledge,  which,  when  you  grow  up  to  be  men 
and  women,  will  be  like  a  fortune,  to  be  used 
not  only  for  your  own  benefit  and  comfort,  but 
also  that  of  others.  This  will  prove  far  sweeter 
than  honey. 

6.  Many  a  pleasant  day  may  now  be  granted  ; 
many  an  occasion  of  getting  instruction  from  the 
lips  of  those  we  love  :  >>u  improve  them  that  you 
may  be  able  to  look  back  on  these  seasons  with 
})leasure,  and  derive  profit  from  them. 

7.  The  time  will  come  when  the  cares  of  this 
world  will  perplex  you  ;  business  will  press  upon 
you ;  and  even  sorrow  and  poverty  may  overtake  - 
vou.  Then  you  will  find  how  useful  is  the  store 
laid  up  in  your  minds  ;  and  the  vast  benefit  of 
having  been  busily  and  well  employed  in  youth. 

8.  But  above  all,  lay  up  in  your  memories,  and 
in  your  hearts,  the  word  of  God.  Then  when 
old  age  comes  upon  you,  and  the  night  when 
vou  cannot  work,  vou  will  find  a  treasure  indeed 
]aid  up  within.  Many  are  the  promises  to  which 
vou  will  turn  with  delight ,  and  find  them 
sweeter,  yes,  far  sweeter,  than  honey  and  the 
honeycomb. 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  HEADER.  119 


*■    '    ■  m ~ r- — — 

IiKSSOM    liXV. 

Wear 

tail'or           ma-chine' 

im-ag'ine 

wool 

wa'ter           con-elude' 

rec-ol-lect/ 

^rew 

hu'inan         flee'ees 

lib'er-ty 

shears 

bo'som          worsted 

pit'e-ous-ly 

threads 

wo'ven          follows 

journey-men 

hon'or 

meadow       shep'herd 

in-ter-rupt'ed 

STORY  OF  THE  COAT. 

1.  "I  think  it  would  be  very  funny  to  hear  my 
coat  speak,"  said  Edward  one,  day,  after  he  had 
been  reading;  a  table  about  birds  and  beasts  that 
spoke  to  one  another.  A  few  moments  after,  a 
voice  came  from  the  bosom  of  the  coat,  and  spoke 
as  follows  : — 

2.  "I  recollect  once  growing  on  the  back  of  a 
sheep."  Edward  could  not  help  starting  back 
with  surprise  ,  however,  he  interrupted  the  voice, 
saying,  "  I  am  afraid,  Mr  Coat,  you  do  not  know 
what  you  are  talking  about,  for  coats  do  not 
grow,  nor  do  sheep  wear  coats." 

3.  (<  All !  "  replied  the  voice,  "  I  was  only  wool 
when  I  grew  on  the  back  of  the  sheep,  and  a 
very  pleasant  life  we  led  together,  spending  all 
tie  day  in  the  green  fields,  and  resting  at  night 
'>n  the  gr.i  We  long  led  this  quiet  life,  till 
^ne   day  the   shepherd    and    his   doer   drove  all 


tlTO  OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER. 

(he   sheep   into  a  stream  of  water,  which   ran 
close  by. 

4.  "The  sheep  on  which  I  grew  was  sadly 
frightened  ;  and,  for  my  part,  I  could  not  imagine 
what  tliey  were  going  to  do  with  me,  they  rubbed 
and  scoured  me  so  much.  But  when  it  was  over, 
f.  looked  so  clean  and  white,  that  I  was  quite 
vain  of  my  beauty,  and  I  thought  we  were  now 
to  return  and  frisk  in  the  meadow,  as  we  had 
done  before.  But,  alas !  instead  of  setting  the 
sheep  at  liberty,  the  shepherd  took  out  a  pair  of 

arge  shears. 

5.  "  Only  imagine  our  fright !  The  poor  sheep, 
as  I  believe,  thought  his  head  was  going  to  be 
cut  off,  and  began  to  bleat  most  piteously  ;  but 
the  shepherd  held  him  down,  and  began  cutting 
me  off  close  to  the  skin.  Although  the  shears  did 
not  hurt  me,  because  I  could  not  feel,  yet  I  was 
much  frightened.  I  could  not  bear  the  thought 
of  being  parted  from  my  dear  friend,  the  sheep  ; 
for  we  had  grown  up  together,  ever  since  he  was 
a  lamb. 

6.  "  After  I  was  taken  off,  I  was  packed  in  a 
bag  with  a  great  many  other  fleeces,  and  sent  to 
some  mills  where  there  were  many  strange  little 
things  that  were  for  ever  twisting  and  turning 
round.  ,  These  seized  hold  of  us,  and  pulled  us, 
and  twisted  us  about  in  such  a  wonderful  man- 


OUR  OWN  SECOJNi)  KKADJGK.  J.  21 

ner,  that  we  were  all  drawn  out  into  worsted 
threads,  so  unlike  wool,  that  I  hardly  knew  my- 
self again. 

7.  "  But  it  was  still  worse,  when,  sometime 
afterward,  they  plunged  me  into  a  large  kettle  of 
dirty-lookiug  water.  When  I  was  taken  out, 
instead  of  being  white,  I  was  of  a  bright  blue 
color,  and  looked  very  beautiful.  After  this  I 
was  sent  to  the  cloth  mills,  where  my  threads 
were  stretched  in  a  machine  called  a  loom,  and  J 
was  woven  into  a  piece  of  cloth.  I  was  then 
folded  up,  and  lay  quiet  for  some  time.,,  "  In- 
deed," said  Edward,  "I  think  you  needed  a  little 
rest  after  going  through  so  many  changes." 

8.  "Some  time  after,"  resumed  the  voice,  "I 
was  bought  by  a  tailor,  and  placed  on  a  shelf  in 
his  shop,  when  one  day  you  and  your  father  came 
in,  and  asked  to  see  some  cloth  to  make  you  a 
coat.  I  was  taken  down  and  unfolded  on  the 
counter  with  several  other  pieces,  and  if  you 
-emember,  you  chose  me  on  account  of  my  beauti- 
ful colour." 

9.  "So  I  did,"  said  Edward,  "but  you  are  not 
so  bright  a  blue  as  you  were  then." 

10.  "Something  the  worse  for  wear,"  replied 
the  coat ;  "  if  you  stain  me,  and  cover  me  with 
dust,  that  is  your  fault,  not  mine.  But  to  con- 
elude  my  story  ;  the  tailor   took  out  his  large 


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shears,  which  reminded  me.  of  those  that  had  cut 
me  from  the  sheep,  and  cut  me  into  the  shape  of 
a  coat.  I  was  then  sewed  up  by  some  journey- 
men, who  sat  cross-legged  on  a  table.  When  I 
was  finished,  I  was  sent  to  you,  and  ever  since  I 
have  had  the  honor  of  covering  the  back  of  a 
human  being,  instead  of  that  of  a  sheep." 


LESSOX   LXVI. 


Neigh'bors      list'en         earn'est        re-la'tions 
anxious  ven'ture      de-pend'       re-solv-ed' 

mor'row  ab'sence      de-signed'    them-selves' 

THE  LARK  AND  HER  YOUNG. 

1.  A  lark  once  built  a  nest  in  a  field  of  wheat, 
which  grew  ripe  before  her  young  were  able  to 
fly.  They  were  just  getting  their  feathers,  and 
their  wings  were  only  half  grown. 

2.  As  the  old  lark  was  very  anxious  about  the 
.safety  of  her  little  ones,  she  told  them,  when  she 
went  out  to  get  food  for  them,  that  if  the  farmer 
ahould  come  they  must  listen  with  great  care  to 
what  he  said  about  cutting  down  the  wheat. 

3.  On  her  return,  the  young  larks  told  her  that 
the  farmer  and  his  sons  had  been  there,  and  had 
agreed  to  send  for  some  of  their  neighbours  to 
assist  them  in  cutting  down  the  wheat  the  next 
day. 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER.  123 

4.  "  And  so  they  depend,  it  seems,  upon  their 
neighbors  to  get  the  wheat  out ! "  said  the 
mother.  "Very  well,  then,  1  think  we  need  not 
be  afraid  of  to-morrow,  but  may  stay  a  little 
longer.  Those  who  wait  for  others  to  help  them, 
*ire  not  apt  to  get  their  work  done  in  a  hurry.,, 

5.  The  next  day  the  old  lark  went  out  again, 
and  left  with  them  the  same  command  as  before 
— telling  them  to  watch  for  the  coming  of  the 
farmer  and  his  sons,  and  listen  with  great  care  to 
what  they  said. 

6.  When  she  returned,  the  young  larks  told 
her  that  the  farmer  and  his  sons  had  again  been 
there,  but  as  none  of  their  neighbors  came  to 
aid  them,  they  had  put  off  cutting  the  wheat  till 
the  next  day,  when  they  designed  to  get  their 
friends  and  relations  to  help  them. 

7.  "  Indeed  !  "  said  the  old  lark,  "  and  do  they 
still  depend  upon  others  to  help  them  1  Do  they 
think  their  friends  and  relations  will  be  any 
more  prompt  than  their  neighbors  ?  Since  they 
still  depend  upon  others,  I  think  we  may  venture 
to  remain  another  day."  So  the  mother  went 
out  to  get  food  again  ;  but  before  she  went  she 
gave  the  little  larks  strict  charge,  as  before,  to  let 
her  know  what  passed  in  her  absence. 

8.  On  the  return  of  the-  old  lark,  the  little  ones 
told  her  that  the  farmev     H  his  sons  had  a  third 


1  2  i  OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER. 


time  been  to  the  field,  and  finding  that  neither 
friends  nor  relations  had  come  to  help  them,  they 
were  resolved  not  to  wait  any  longer,  but  to 
come  the  next  morning,  and  cut  down  the  wheat 
themselves. 

9.  "  If  that  is  the  case,"  said  the  old  lark,  "  it 
is  time  for  us  to  think  of  leaving ;  for  as  the  far- 
mer and  his  sons  now  depend  on  themselves  to  do 
their  own  work,  it  will  certainly  be  done/' 

10.  What  the  old  lark  said  proved  true  ;  for 
scarcely  had  she  and  lur  young  ones  left  the  field 
very  early  the  next  morning,  wThen  the  farmer 
and  his  sons  came,  and  began  to  cut  down  the 
wheat  in  good  earnest. 


LESSON   liXVII. 


Pray'er  dai'ly  glo'ry  dif'fer-ence 

Sav'iour  say 'in  g  be-cause'  lis'ten-ing 

re'al-ly  trespass  a-men'  hal'lowed 

king'dom  pow'er  lis'tened  temp-ta'tion 

PRAYER. 

1.  When  the  Saviour  was  on  the  earth,  He 
taught  those  who  loved  Him  and  who  listened 
to  Him,  many  things. 

2.  One  of  these  things  was  about  prayer.     He 


0UI1  OWN  SECOND  HEAIH.K. 


125 


told  them  the  difference  between  saying  prayers 
and  really  praying  in  our  hearts. 

3.  Many  children  say  over  their  prayers  every 
night  when  they  go  to  bed,  and  yet  they  never 
pray  ;  that  is,  they  say  the  words  of  the  prayer 
which  they  have  been  taught,  but  they  do  not 
think  about  what  they  are  saying,  nor  do  they 
really  want  in  their  hearts  that  God  should  give 
them  the  things  they  ask  for. 

4.  God  is  not  pleased  with  saying  over  sfich 
prayers  as  these  ;  He  does  not  wish  us  to  say  any- 
thing we  do  not  mean,  nor  to  ask  for  what  we  do 
not  want. 

5.  When  you  kneel  down  to  pray,  you  should 
think  first  about  the  great  God  who  sees  you,  and 
who  is  listening  to  hear  what  you  are  going  to 
say  to  Him ;  and  then  you  should  ask  Him,  as 
you  would  your  father,  for  what  you  wish.    He  is 


126  OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER. 


vour  Father  in  heaven, and  vou  are  His  little  child  : 
and  He  loves  you,  and  is  ready  and  willing  to  do 
you  good. 

6.  Then  ask  Him  to  do  for  you  what  no  one  else 
could  do  for  you.  Ask  Him  to  make  you  a  Chris- 
tian, to  give  you  a  new  and  tender  heart,  and  t<» 
bless  you  and  your  dear  parents  in  all  things. 

7.  You  need  not  ask  any  one  what  you  shall 
pray  for  ;  you  may  ask  God  for  just  what  you 
want,  and  He  will  hear  you,  and  if  it  is  good 
for  you,  He  will  give  you  your  request,  for  the 
sake  of  His  dear  Son  Jesus  Christ,  and  because  He 
has  promised  it. 

8.  The  Saviour  has  taught  us  one  prayer  which 
we  may  pray.  It  is  called  the  Lords  Prayer. 
Will  you  try  to  learn  it,  and  ask  your  mamma  to 
tell  you  what  each  part  of  it  means  ? 

9.  Our  Father  who  art  in  heaven, 
Hallowed  be  thy  name  : 

Thy  kingdom  come  ; 

Thy  will  be  done  in  earth,  as  it  is  in  heaven. 

Give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread ; 

And  forgive  us  our  trespasses,  as  we  forgive 
those  who  trespass  against  us. 

And  lead  us  not  into  temptation ; 

But  deliver  us  from  evil. 

For  thine  is  the  kingdom,  and  the  power,  and 
the  glory,  for  ever.     Amen. 


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12 


10.  I  thank  my  God,  who  through  the  night 
Has  kept  me  till  the  morning's  light ; 
Lord,  on  my  knees  1  humbly  pray 
For  grace  and  mercy  through  this  day. 
Keep  me,  0  Lord,  from  every  sin, 
And  every  wicked  thought  within ; 
Under  Thy  care  my  childhood  take, 
And  hear  my  prayers  for  Jesus'  sake. 


LESSOl    1, XVIII. 

Twenty 

small'est 

car'ried 

gen'tle-man 

seized 

mis-take' 

peace'ful 

or'der-ly 

thank'ing 

selfish 

mon'ey 

dis-con-tent' 

scarcely 

mod'est 

re- ward' 

re-ceived' 

piec'es 

person 

scar'ci-ty 

be-haved' 

THE  LOAF  OF  BREAD. 

1.  At  a  time  of  scarcity,  a  certain  rich  man  in- 
vited twenty  poor  children  to  his  house,  and  said 
to  them,  "  In  this  basket  there  is  a  loaf  of  bread 
for  every  one  of  you ;  take  it,  and  come  again 
eveiy  day  at  this  hour  till  better  times." 

2.  The  children  seized  upon  the  basket,  and 
quarrelled  and  fought  for  the  bread.  Each  wished 
to  get  the  best  and  largest  loaf ;  and  at  last  they 
went  away  without  even  thanking  the  good  man. 

3.  But  there  was  a  little  girl  named  Rose,  poor, 


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but  neatly  dressed,  who  stood  modestly  at  a  dis- 
tance, and  took  the  smallest  loaf  which  was  left  in 
the  basket.  She  then  thanked  the  gentleman, 
and  went  home  in  a  quiet  and  orderly  manner. 

4.  On  the  next  day  the  children  were  just  as 
ill-behaved  ;  and  poor  Rose  this  time  received  a 
loaf  which  was  scarcely  half  the  size  of  the  rest. 
But  when  she  came  home,  and  her  mother  began 
to  cut  the  bread,  there  fell  out  of  it  some  bright 
new  silver  pieces. 

5.  Her  mother  was  perplexed,  and  said,  "  Take 
back  the  money  this  instant ;  for  it  has,  no  doubt, 
got  into  the  bread  through  some  mistake." 

6.  Eose  carried  it  back.  But  the  kind  man 
said,  "  No,  no !  it  was  no  mistake.  I  had  the 
money  baked  into  the  smallest  loaf  in  order  to  re- 
ward you,  my  good  child  ! 

7.  "  Always  continue  thus  modest  and  unselfish. 
The  person  who  will  take  the  smallest  loaf  rather 
than  quarrel  for  the  largest,  will  find  blessings  of 
still  more  worth  than  money  baked  in  the  bread." 

€*  A  modest,  peaceful,  thankful  life, 
Gains  more  than  discontent  and  strife,' 


OtJE  u\Y.\  9EGOND  u. -A:>k;;.  123 

Dai  i  gh'ter  plea'smv  eat'eu  sat'is-fied 

your- self  smairer  la/rellej  dfe-pjeased' 

starved  be-cause  ior-got'ten  dis-o-bey 

fellow  in-tend'  en'er-*>ua  con-tin'ued 

THE  GENEROUS  CHILDREN. 

1.  ''Lucy,  did  you  give  your  little  brother  the 
peach,  which  I  gave  you  for  him  V\  said  a  father 
to  his  little  daughter.  c< No,  father,  I  did  not," 
.said  Lucy. 

2.  "  And  why  did  you  not,  my  child  VI  said  her- 
fatli or.  "I  gave  you  two  peaches,  a  large-  oiie 
and  a  small  one.  The  large  one  was  for  yourself, 
and  the  small  one  for  your  brother.  Were  you 
not  satisfied  I  Yours  was  much  larger  than  the 
one  I  told  you  to  give  to  him.  I  hope  you  have 
not  eaten  them  both/' 

3.  "Oh  no,  dear  father,"  said  ^Lucy.  "I  ate 
only  the  smaller  one,  and  gave  to  dear  little 
brother  the  larger  one." 

4.  "  But  why  did  you  not  give  him  the  smaller 
one,  as  I  told  you  to  do  \ "  said  her  father. 

5.  "  Because,  I  thought  he  would  like  the  larger 
one  better,"  said  Lucy.  "  I  love  my  dear  little 
brother,  and  I  am  pleased  when  I  see  him  happy. 
I  did  not  intend  to  disobey  yon,  dear  father,  and 

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(  hope  you  will  not  be  displeased  with  what  I  have 
done" 

6.  Her  father  looked  at  his  little  daughter  with 
a  smile  on  his  face,  while  a  tear  started  in  his  eye, 
as  Lucv  continued. 

7.  "But  little  brother  almost  quarrelled  with 
jie  about  it,  dear  father.  He  said  that  he  would 
bave  the  little  peach,  and  that  I  should  eat  the 
bis;  one." 

8.  "  He  was  a  generous  little  fellow,"  said  her 
father,  "  and  you,  too,  are  a  generous  little  girl  : 
and  so  far  from  being  displeased  with  you,  I  am 
pleased  with  you  both.  I  gave  the  larger  peach 
to  you,  because  you  are  older  and  larger  than  he  is/' 

9.  "  And  I,"  said  Lucy,  "  want  to  give  the  best 
things  to  my  dear  little  brother." 

10.  "Lucy,"  said  her  father,  "tell  me  truly, 
when  you  had  eaten  the  smaller  peach,  and  saw 
your  little  brother  eating  the  larger  one,  did  you 
not  wish  you  had  kept  the  larger  one  yourself?" 

11.  "Oh  no,  dear  father,  it  gave  me  more  plea- 
sure to  see  my  dear  little  brother  enjoying  his 
peach,  than  to  have  eaten  it  myself." 

12.  "That  is  being  truly  generous,"  said  her 
father.  "  We  are  not  generous,  when  we  give  to 
others,  what  we  do  not  want  ourselves.  To  be 
generous  is  to  give  to  others  what  we  do  want 
ourselves,  and  can  ourselves  enjoy" 


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13.  "And  now,  my  dear,"  said  her  father,  as  he 
kissed  her,  "  I  wish  you  to  remember  how  nappy 
you  feel,  after  vou  have  done  a  generous  act.  If  von 
had  eaten  the  larger  peach  yourself,  it  might  have 
oleased  you  for  the  time,  but  the  pleasure  would 
*jon  have  been  forgotten.  But  now  your  generous 
action  not  only  gives  pleasure  to  you,  but  it  will 
make  me  and  your  dear  mother,  and  all  your 
friends  happy/' 


LESSOl    li\\. 


Sky  stoops  spar 'row        shel'ter 

reigns       crea'tures      bles'sin<>s      rag'ing 
shields      fowler  pro-vides'      beau'ti-ful 

THE  SPARROW. 

1.  Who  form VI  the  little  sparrow', 

And  gave  him  wings  to  fly  ? 
Who  shields  him  from  the  arrow, 

When  flying  in  the  sky  % 
Our  Father,  God,  who  reigns  in  heaven, 
By  whom  are  all  our  blessings  given. 

2,  And  who  so  gently  leads  him 

Far  from  the  fowler's  snare "? 
And  who  so  kindly  feeds  him 

And  shows  such  tender  caie'! 
Our  Father,  Go<\,  who  stoops  to  show 
His  grace  to  creatures  here  below. 


!32  OUR  OWN  SECOND  EEADEJR. 


3.  And  who  a  dress  provides  him 

So  beautiful  and  warm  1 
Who  in  the  shelter  hides  him, 

Amid  the  raging  storm  1 
Our  Father,  God,  extends  His  care 
Through  heaven,  and  earth,  and  sea,  and  air. 

4,  Does  God  full  many  a  favor, 

To  little  sparrows  give  % 
And  shall  we  not  endeavor, 

By  faith  on  Iiim  to  live  \ 
Our  Father,  God,  who  reigns  above, 
Is  worthy  of  our  highest  love. 


Scotland   break'fast  learned  obliged' 

scarcely    pro-cure7  kind'ness  at-ten'tion 

sup-port7    scholar     com'fort-a-ble  ac-quaint'ance 

HUGH  MILLEE. 

1.  There  was  a  poor  little  boy  in  Scotland,  not 
many  years  ago,  who  had  very  little  to  eat  or 
drink,  and  scarcely  any  comfortable  clothing. 

2.  His  parents  were  very  poor.  He  had  to  stay 
away  from  school,  most  of  the  time,  and  work 
hard  to  support  himself  and  his  father  s  family. 

3.  When  old  enough  to  work  all  day,  he  had 
to  make  fences  and  walls  of  great  heavy  stones. 


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Sometimes  he  had  to  sleep  out,  where  the  rain 
fell  upon  him  during  the  night.  He  had  nothing 
to  eat  but  a  little  oatmeal,  which  he  was  obliged 
himself  to  cook,  when  he  wanted  his  breakfast, 
his  dinner,  or  his  supper. 

4.  When  he  had  done  a  hard  day's  work,  in- 
stead of  playing  with  other  boys  and  men  with 
whom  he  worked,  he  used  to  take  such  books  as 
he  could  find,  and  go  into  his  tent  by  himself  to 
read  them. 

5.  He  found  it  not  easy  to  procure  books  ;  but, 
when  he  could  get  one,  he  would  read  it  through 
and  study  it  well,  until  he  knew  all  that  was  in  it. 

6.  In  this  way,  he  worked  and  studied  for  a 
number  of  years,  until  he  became  quite  a  wise 
man.  He  was  a  mere  stone-mason,  but  he  became 
so  good  a  scholar,  that  many  great  men  said  they 
wished  they  could  talk  and  write  as  well  as  he 
did. 

7.  Now,  this  man.,  who  was  the  poor  boy  you 
have  just  read  about,  became  one  of  the  most 
learned  men  in  the  world.  Every  one  who  knew 
him,  looked  up  to  him  with  respect.  Wherever 
he  went,  he  was  treated  with  great  kindness  and 
attention.  The  rich  and  the  learned  were  proud 
of  his  acquaintance.  His  name  was  Hugh  Miller, 
and  he  lived  in  Scotland. 


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LESSO*  L.XXII. 


Nail 

coffin 

lone'ly 

thousand 

eyes 

in-vite' 

prat'tle 

ti/ans'porti 

dread 

1/ing 

con-real' 

he-ro'ic 

truth 

au'thor 

brave'ly 

qual'i-ty 

pains 

pleased 

re-eeive' 

fa'vor-ite 

youth 

hatch'et 

ques'tion 

gen'er-al 

praise 

a-void' 

chop'ping 

ac'ci-dent 

vis'it 

esteem' 

conscious 

re-la'tions 

GEORGE  AND  THE  HATCHET. 

1.  Never,  perhaps,  did  a  parent  take  more 
pains  than  did  the  father  of  General  Washington 
to  inspire  his  son  George  with  an  early  love  of 
truth.  "  Truth,  George/'  said  he,  "  is  the  most 
lovely  quality  of  youth.  I  would  ride  fifty  miles, 
my  son,  to  see  the  boy  whose  heart  is  so  honest, 
and  whose  lips  so  pure,  that  we  may  depend  on 
every  word  he  says. 

2.  "  How  lovely  does  such  a  child  appear  in 
the  eyes  of  everybody  !  His  parents  dote  on 
him.  His  relations  glory  in  him.  They  praise 
him  before  their  children,  and  wish  them  to  follow 
his  example.  They  often  invite  him  to  visit 
them,  and  when  he  conies,  they  receive  him  with 
joy,  and  treat  him  as  one  whose  visits  they  esteem 
the  greatest  favor. 


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3.  "  But  oh!  George,  how  far  from  this  is  the 
case  with  the  hoy  who  is  given  to  lying !  Good 
people  avoid  him  wherever  ho  goes  ,  and  parents 
dread  to  see  him  in  company  with  their  children. 

■1  "  01k  George,  my  son,  rather  than  see  you 
come  to  this  pass,  dear  as  you  are  to  me,  gladly 
would  I  assist  to  nail  you  up  in  your  little  coffin, 
and  follow  you  to  your  grave. 

5.  "  Hard,  indeed,  it  would  be  to  me  to  give 
up  my  .son,  whose  feet  are  always  so  ready  to  run 
about  with  me,  and  whose  smiling  face  and  sweet 
prattle  make  so  large  a  part  of  my  happiness, 
But  still  1  would  give  him  up,  rather  than  see 
him  a  common  liar." 

6.  "Father,"  said  George,  with  tears  in  his 
eyes,  '*  do  T  ever  tell  lies  1 " 

7.  "  No,  George  ;  I  thank  God  you  do  not,  my 
Hon  •  and  1  rejoice  in  the  hope  you  never  will. 
Whenever,  by  accident,  you  do  anything  wrong, 
which  must  often  be  the  case,  as  you  are  but  a 
little  boy  yet,  you  must  never  say  what  is  not 
true,  to  conceal  it,  but  come  bravely  up,  my  son, 
like  a  little  man,  and  tell  me  of  it." 

8.  When  George  was  about  six  years  old,  he 
was  made  the  owner  of  a  little  hatchet,  with 
which  he  was  much  pleased,  and  went  about 
chopping  everything  that  came  in  his  way.  One 
lay,  when  in  the  garden,  he  unluckily  tried  the 


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edge  of  his  hatchet  on  the  body  of  a  fine  young 
English  cherry-tree,  which  he  barked  so  badly  as 
to  destroy  it. 

9.  The  next  morning,  the  old  gentleman,  find- 
ing out  what  had  befallen  his  favourite  tree,  came 
into  the  house,  and  with  much  warmth,  asked 
who-  was?  ihe  author  of  the  mischief.  Nobody 
could  teii  him  anything  about  it.  At  this  mo- 
ment, in  came  George  with  his  hatchet. 

10.  "George/'  said  his  father,  "do  you  know 
who  killed  that  fine  cherry-tree  yonder,  in  the 
garden  Vs  This  was  a  hard  question  ;  George  was 
silent  for  a  moment ;  and  then,  looking  at  his 
father,  his  vouno;  face  bright  with  conscious  love 
of  truth,  he  bravely  cried  out,  "  I  can  t  tell  a  lie, 
father  ;  you  know  I  can't  tell  a  lie.  I  cut  it  with 
my  hatchet." 

11.  "  Come  to  my  arms,  my  dearest  boy  !"  cried 
his  father,  in  transports  ;  "  come  to  my  arms  ! 
You  have  killed  my  cherry-tree,  George,  but  you 
have  now  paid  me  for  it  a  thousandfold.  Such 
proof  of  heroic  truth  in  my  son,  is  of  more  value 
than  a  thousand  trees,  though  they  were  all  of 
the  purest  gold/' 


IJESSOX    liXXIII. 

Nothing      sol'dier  gray/beard      Christian 

niaid'en        herds'man       mi'ser  au'tbor 


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seani'stress      sail'or         states 'man      school'boy 
slug'gard         sex'ton       mon'arch         to-nior'row 

WHAT  IS  EARTH  % 

1.  What  do  you  ask  1  What  is  the  earth  on 
which  we  live  1  It  is  just  what  we  make  it. 
Some  use  it  for  one  thins;  and  some  for  another. 

2.  If  the  schoolboy  thinks  of  nothing,  and 
cares  for  nothing  but  play,  then  the  earth  is  to 
him  merely  a  place  for  play. 

3.  If  a  man  places  all  his  thoughts  upon  getting 
riches,  and  cares  for  nothing  else,  then  the  earth 
is  to  him  merely  a  place  for  making  money. 

4.  What  is  earth,  schoolboy  ? — A  place  for  my 

play. 
What  is  earth,  maiden  % — A  place  to  be  gay. 
What  is  earth,  seamstress  \ — A  place  where  I 

weep. 
What  is  earth,   sluggard  % — A  good  place  to 

sleep. 
What  is  earth,  soldier  % — A  place  for  a  battle. 
What  is  earth,  herdsman  % — A  place  to  raise 

cattle. 

5.  What   is   earth,    widow  ? — A   place  for  true 

sorrow. 
What  is  earth,  tradesman  1 —   H  tell  you  to* 
morrow. 


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i 


What  is  earth,  sick  man  1 — Tis  nothing;  to  me. 
What  is  earth,  sailor  1 — My  home  is  the  sea. 
What  is  earth,  sexton  1 — A  place  to  dig  graves, 
What  is  earth,  rich  man '( — A  place  to  work 


slaves. 


6.  What  is  earth,  graybeard  1 — A  place  to  grow 

old. 
What  is  earth,  miser? — A  place  to  dig  gold. 
What  is  earth,  statesman  ? — A  place  to  win 

fame. 
What  is  earth,  author  1 — 1 11  write  there  my 

name. 
What  is  earth,  monarch  t — For  my  realm  'tis 

given. 
What  is  earth,  Christian  r( — The  gateway  to 

heaven. 


EiESSO!  1LXXIV. 

Play'ing         tortoise  sup-port'  con'tra-ry 

bark'ins:         ea'sjle  al -though'  sat'is-fied 

mew'ing         find'ing  attempt'  un-able 

well' bred        de-sired'  com'pany  na'ture 

THE  EAGLE  AND  THE  TORTOISE — (A  Fable.) 

1.  Little  boys  are  often  fond  of  playing  horse, 
and  pretending  that  they  are  dogs  or  cats.  Some- 
times they  make  a  noise*  like  a  dog  barking  or  a 
sat  mewing. 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER.  139 


2.  This  is  all  very  well,  when  they  are  at  play 
among  themselves,  to  amuse  each  other.  But 
when  they  are  in  the  company  of  their  parents 
and  friends,  they  should  make  no  such  noises,  but 
conduct  themselves  like  good  and  well-bred  boys, 

3.  No  one  should  pretend  to  be  what  he  is  not, 
and  no  one  should  try  to  be  what  he  never  can  be. 

4.  A  story  is  told  of  a  tortoise  wTho  wished  very 
much  to  be  a  bird.  The  story  is  a  fable,  and  a 
fable  is  a  story  which  is  not  true  ;  but,  although 
it  is  not  true,  it  is  so  much  like  a  true  story,  that 
it  always  teaches  a  useful  lesson. 

5.  The  tortoise  is  a  creature  that  can  swim  very 
fast  in  the  water.  When  out  of  the  water,  it  can 
walk  omy  slowly,  and  with  great  labor.  It  has 
a  hard  and  thick  shell  on  its  back,  from  which 
combs  and  other  useful  things  are  made. 

6.  An  eagle  is  a  very  large  bird,  and  it  flies 
very  high  and  fast  in  the  air.  The  tortoise  wished 
very  much  to  be  a  bird,  and  to  Hy  in  the  air.  He 
thought  that  he  could  be  a  bird,  if  any  one  would 
teach  him  how  to  fiy. 

7.  Seeing  the  eagle,  one  day,  the  tortoise  begged 
that  he  would  teach  him  to  fly.  But  the  eagle 
told  the  silly  tortoise  that  flying  was  a  thing  he 
could  not  do,  because  it  was  contrary  to  his 
nature. 

8.  But   the   tortoise    was   not   satisfied.      He 


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begged  the  eagle  to  take  him  up  into  the  air,  and 
then  let  him  fly  down  to  the  earth, 

9.  The  eagle,  finding  that  nothing  else  would 
satisfy  the  tortoise,  did  as  he  was  desired.  He 
took  the  tortoise  up  very  high  into  the  air,  and 
then  let  him  drop.  The  poor  foolish  tortoise, 
being  unable  to  support  himself  in  the  air,  fell 
down  upon  a  rock  and  was  dashed  to  pieces. 

10.  We  may  learn  from  this  fable,  that  if  we 
try  to  be,  or  to  do,  what,  from  our  nature,  wc 
cannot  be,  or  do,  we  may  fail  in  our  attempt,  anc 
be  brought  to  a  sad  end,  like  the  sillv  tortoise. 


Previous      cheer'ful       seasons  mind'fui 

shining        blessing       an-ni-ver'sary     naughty 
^om-niand'  kind'ness      birth'day  un-seen' 

TO  LITTLE  HENRY  ON  HIS  BIRTHDAY. 

1.  Above  thy  head,  my  gentle  boy, 
Another  year  hath  roll'd, 
Days,  weeks,  and  months  have  flitted  by, — 
Four  seasons  have  been  told. 

2  A  God  of  love  with  hand  unseen 
Hath  kept  all  harm  away, 
A.nd  brought  thee  to  behold  in  peace 
This  annivers'ry  day. 


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c.  Still  may  that  love  watch  over  thee, 
Thy  little  feet  attend, 
And  as  another  year  rolls  on, 
Still  may  that  hand  defend. 

4.  Long  be  the  precious  blessings  thine, 

Now  in  thy  pathway  strewn, 

A  mother's  love,  a  lather's  care, 
Health,  peace,  and  happy  home. 

5.  Thank  God,  my  brother.  He  doth  send 

These  precious  gifts  to  thee  ; 
Of  all  His  lovingkiudness, 
Oh,  ever  mindful  be. 

6.  Fear  God,  my  brother,  He  is  great, 

By  Him  were  made  all  things  ; 
Before  Him  holy  angels  bow 
And  fold  their  shining  wings. 

7.  Love  God,  my  brother,  He  is  kind, 

And  He  hath  loved  us  well, — 
So  well,  He  sent  His  Son  to  die, 
To  save  our  souls  from  hell. 

8.  Serve  God,  my  brother,  every  day, 

For  it  is  His  command, 
That  we  should  do  His  holy  will, 
With  cheerful  heart  and  hand.' 


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9.  Now  dost  thou  ask,  "  What  ca;i  r  do 
A  little  boy  like  me  ?  '! 
Oh,  very  much  to  please  the  God 
That  rules  o'er  earth  and  sea. 

10.  Be  kind,  and  pler.snnt,  meek  and  mild. 

Avoid  all  naughty  ways, — 
But,  in  a  word,  the  whole  is  plain, 
Mind  all  that  mother  says. 

11.  So  shall  thy  life  pass  happily. 

As  birthdays  come  and  go  ; 
And  angels  will  attend  thy  steps, 
Loug  as  thou  dwelTst  below. 

12.  The  blessing  of  our  fathers'  God 

To  thee,  dear  boy,  be  given, 
And  when  thy  time  on  earth  is  spent, 
A  home  with  Christ  in  heaven. 


Falsehood 
talked 
sighed 
mis' tress 

ME8SS&1 

a-sleep' 
minded 
for-give' 
playing 

mis- take' 
re-solve' 
cou'sin 
be-haved' 

sor'row-ful 

unhap'py 
con'quer-or 
A1- mighty 

ACTING  A  FALSEHOOD. 

1.  A  little  boy,   about  six  years  old,  was  in 


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143 


general  a  very  good  child,  and  behaved  well.  He 
dearly  loved  his  mother,  and  minded  everything 
she  said  to  him.  But  even  good  children,  and 
good  people,  will  sometimes  do  wrong ;  and  this 
little  boy  did  so  too. 

2.  One  afternoon,  after  he  had  been  at  play,  he 
looked  very  pale  and  sorrowful.  He  was  asked  if 
he  was  sick  ;  he  said  he  was  not.  But  he  talked 
very  little  ;  and  he  often  sighed.  His  mothei 
thought  something  was  the  matter  with  him,  but 
she  did  not  say  much  to  him  about  it 

3.  At  night,  he  took  leave  of  his  mother,  and 
went  to  bed.  About  an  hour  after  he  had  been 
in  bed,  the  servant  went  to  her  mistress,  and  told 


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her  she  was  very  uneasy  about  the  little  boy,  foi 
he  was  very  restless.  She  had  heard  him  often 
sob,  and  he  desired  his  mother  to  come  to  him, 
as'  he  could  not  go  to  sleep,  till  he  had  told  hei 
something  that  made  him  very  unhappy. 

4.  The  good  mother  went  to  him  ;  and  when 
she  came  to  his  bed-side,  he  put  his  little  arms 
around  her  neck  and  burst  into  tears,  and  said  to 
her  :  "  Dear  mamma,  forgive  me  !  I  have  been  a 
naughty  boy  to-day.  I  have  told  a  lie  ;  and  I 
have  hid  it  from  you. 

5.  "I  was  playing  at  marbles  with  my  cousins; 
I  won  the  game,  through  a  mistake  which  they 
did  not  find  out  ;'  and  I  was  so  much  pleased  at 
being  conqueror,  that  I  did  not  tell  them  of  the 
mistake. 

6.  "  I  have  been  very  unhappy  ever  since  ;  and 
I  am  afraid  to  go  to  sleep,  lest  that  heavenly 
Father,  of  whom  you  so  often  tell  me,  should  be 
angry  with  me.  You  say  He  knows  and  sees 
everything.  What  shall  T  do  that  He  may  for- 
give me  ? " 

7.  "  My  child,"  said  the  mother,  "  God  is  ever 
ready  to  forgive  those  who  believe  in  Christ,  are 
truly  sorry  for  their  faults,  and  resolve  to  amend. 
We  cannot  hide  anything  from  Him.  He 
knows  when  we  do  wrong,  and  when  we  desire  to 
do  right.     He  hears  our  prayers ;  and  He  will 


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leach   us   what  we  should   do.     Pray  to  Him  to 
forgive  your  fault  ;  and  try  never  to  commit  the 
like  again,  lest  you  should  offend  Him  more  by  \ 
the  second  than  by  the  first  offence." 

8.  The  little  boy  tnought  seriously  on  the  ad- 
vice which  his  mother  gave  him  ;  and  prayed  in' 
the  best  manner  he  was  able  to  Almighty  God  to 
forgive  him,  and  to  grant  him  His  grace  to  Jo 
better  in  future.  He  then  fell  asleep  ;  and  a*ose 
next  morning  cheerful  and  happy. 

9.  I  suppose,  when  he  saw  his  cousins,  he  to]$ 
Jhem  that  he  had  deceived  them,  and  that  he  was: 
now  sorry  for  what  he  had  done  ;  and  I  dare  say 
he  was  very  careful  after  that  time  never  to  teli 
an  untruth,  or  to  deceive  anybody. 


LKSSOl    LWVIt, 

Saviour 

in-deed'      preached 

con-demned; 

in-stead' 

blessed        dark'nesa 

promised 

gen' tie 

treated       rea'son 

al-lowed' 

pa  tient 

listen         per'fect-ly 

JESUS  CHRIST,. 

sul'fer-inga 

1.  Ask  mamma  to  tell  you  about  Jesus  Christ, 
the  Saviour.  She  will  tell  you  where  He  was 
born,  and  who  was  His  mother,  and  how  He  chose 
to  be  poor,  and  how  He  spent  all  His  life  in  doing 


i.46  OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER. 


*ood  to  others,  instead  of  pleasing  Himself.  How 
He  made  all  the  sick  people  well  who  were  brought 
to  Him  ;  for  He  was  able,  because  He  was  God, 
and  could  do  all  things. 

2.  How  He  loved  little  children,  and  held  them 
in  His  arms,  and  blessed  them  ;  and  how  kind  and 
gentle,  and  patient,  and  loving  He  was  towards 
every  one,  trying  all  the  time  to  do  them  good  in 
some  way  or  other.  Oh,  it  is  pleasant  even  to  hear 
about  the  life  of  Jesus,  and  it  is  blessed  to  try  and 
be  like  Him.  Should  you  not  think  that  every 
one  would  have  loved  Him,  and  tried  to  serve 
Him,  when  He  was  so  good  to  them  % 

3-  Oh,  my  dear  child,  if  people  had  had  good 
hearts,  then  indeed  they  would  all  have  loved  the 
blessed  Jesus.  But  you  know  I  told  you  that  all 
people  had  bad  hearts  from  the  time  that  Adam 
sinned.  Even  the  best  of  people  have  something 
bad  in  their  hearts,  which  they  strive  against ; 
and  they  pray  every  day  for  God  to  help  them, 
and  He  does  help  them  to  love  Him  and  to  do  His 

will. 

4.  Some  of  the  people  who  lived  in  the  world 
at  the  time  Christ  lived  in  it,  were  very  wicked ; 
and  they  did  not  love  Him  because  He  was  so 
good,  and  was  not  at  all  like  themselves  ;  so  that 
the  more  good  He  did,  the  more  they  hated  Him 
Thoy  treated  Him  ill  at  the  time 


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5.  They  did  not  want  to  listen  to  the  things 
which  He  told  them  about  God  ;  but  the  morf 
He  preached  to  them  about  those  good  things,  thv. 
more  wicked  they  felt  towards  Him.  At  length 
they  grew  so  angry  and  cruel  that  they  killed 
Him.  Yes,  they  put  Him  to  death,  and  He  died ! 
And  that  you  remember  was  just  what  He  said 
He  would  come  into  this  world  to  do. 

6.  It  was  not  for  His  own  sins  that  He  died, 
for  He  had  none  ;  but  He  died,  although  He  was 
perfectly  holy  and  good>  so  that  God  would  count 
His  death  instead  of  ours.  For  you  know  that 
God  had  told  Adam,  that  the  soul  of  every  one 
who  sinned,  should  be  condemned  to  die  ;  that  5$ 
to  be  sent  away  from  God,  into  a  place  of  dark- 
ness and  woe  for  ever  and  ever. 

7.  And  then,  because  God  loved  the  people  He 
had  made,  He  promised  to  send  the  Saviour, 
Jesus  Christ,  into  the  world,  to  suffer  and  to  die 
instead  of  sinners,  so  that  God  might  forgive 
them,  and  save  their  souls,  and  yet  not  break  His 
word. 

8.  This  was  the  reason  that  God  allowed  wicked 
men  to  put  Christ  to  death.  It  was  only  through 
His  sufferings  and  death  that  God  could  pardoc 
sinners. 


!  4S  OUR  OWN  SECOND  HEADER. 


JLK*M>\     liWVIIi. 

Think         a-round'  pray'er  ear'nest-ly 

thrown       foot's  tool         washed  beau'ti-ful 

share  kingdom        for-giv'en        gath  er-ing 

"  OP  SUCH  IS  THE  KINGDOM  OF  HEAVEN." 

I.  I  think,  when  I  read  that  sweet  story  of  old, 
When  Jesus  was  here  among  men, 
How  He  call'd  little  children  as  lambs  to  Hia 
fold, 
I  should  like  to  have  been  with  Him  then. 

2. 1  wish  that  His  hands  had  1    on  placed  on  my 
head, 
That  His  arms  had  been  thrown  around  me, 
That  I  might  have  seen  His  kind  look  when 
He  said, 
Let  the  little  ones  come  unto  me. 

8.  Yet  still,  to  His  footstool,  in  prayer,  I  may  go, 
And  ask  for  a  share  in  His  love  ; 
And  if  I  thus  earnestly  seek  Him  below, 
I  shall  see  Him,  and  hear  Him  above. 

4  In  that  beautiful  place,  He  has  gone  to  prepare^ 
For  all  who  are  wash'd  and  forgiven ; 
And  many  dear  children  are  gathered  there, 
u  For  of  such  is  the  kingdom  of  heaven." 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER. 


US 


LESSO?    I, XXIX 

Gram'mar 

neith'er     grieved 

differ-encc 

mis- takes' 

be-fore'     checked 

pro-nounc'ing 

re-plied' 

plu'ral       spoiled 

sin'gu-lar 

no'tice 

blun'der    speaking 

after-wards 

pictures 

dol'lars     cor-rect'ly 

bus'i-ness 

ON  USING   RAD   GRAMMAR. 

Jane.  Now  that  we  are  alo&e,  brother  John, 
let  me  sr.y  that  you  must  learn  to  speak  more 
correctly. 

0 

John.     Have  I  made  any  mistakes  to-day  ? 

Jane.  Yes,  you  have  made  more  than  I  cas 
count.  In  the  first  place,  when  Mr  Day  asked 
you  to  sit  near  the  fire,  you  replied,  "  No,  sir,  I  will 
set  here  :  "  you  should  have  said,  4i  I  will  sit  here.* 

John.  Did  I  say  set  ?  I  knew  it  was  wrong ; 
but  I  hear  so  many  boys  say  set,  when  they  ought 
to  say  sit,  that  I  get  into  the  habit. 

Jane,  Then  I  heard  you  say,  "  They  done  it/ 
instead  of,  "  They  did  it ;  "  and  you  almost  always 
say  "jest,"  instead  of  "just."  "  Wait  jest  a  lain- 
ute,"  you  say.     You  ought  to  say  "just." 

John.  I  notice  these  mistakes  when  they  are 
made  by  others,  and  yet  I  make  them  myself. 

Jane.  So  hard  is  it  to  get  rid  of  a  habit  whicb 
we  take  up  when  we  are  young. 


1 50        OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER. 

John.  What  else  did  you  hear  me  say  that 
was  wrong,  sister  1 

Jane.  When  Mr  Day  asked  you  which  you 
liked  the  better  of  two  pictures;  you  said  that  you 
did  not  like  "  nary  one  :  "  you  should  have  said, 
"  I  do  not  like  either  ;  "  or  else,  "  I  like  neither/' 
There  is  no  such  word  as  "  nary." 

John.  0  sister !  are  you  sure  I  said  anything 
as  bad  as  that  % 

Jane.  Yes  ;  and  then  you  said  that  you  had 
seen  "  them  two "  pictures  before :  you  should 
have  said,  "  those  two." 

John.  To  be  sure  I  should  !  I  wish  you  would 
correct    me  when   you   horn*   me  use   such  bad 


grammar. 


Jane.  I  will  do  it,  John.  I  once  heard  the 
reply  of  a  foolish  boy,  who  was  checked  for  say- 
ing "  They  was,"  when  he  should  have  said  "They 
were."  He  asked,  "What  difference  d^es  it  make?" 

What  difference  \ — Much  difference !  There  is 
■A  right  way  and  a  wrong  way  of  speaking  and 
pronouncing.  It  may  make  a  great  difference  to 
you,  when  you  grow  up,  whether  you  use  good 
grammar  or  bad. 

There  was  once  a  lawyer,  who,  in  drawing  up 
a  law  paper,  used  the  singular  number  when  he 
should  have  used  the  plural.  Ten  years  after- 
wards, the  person  for  whom   he  drew   up   the 


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iraper  lost  ten  thousand  dollars,  because  of  thai 
little  blunder. 

The  poor  lawyer  was  much  grieved.  When  i 
boy  he  had  been  used  to  speak  bad  grammar. 
No  one  had  checked  him  in  it ;  and,  as  he  greu 
old,  he  could  not  rid  himself  of  the  habit. 

His  business  was  spoiled  by  this  bad  blunder  . 
and  the  man  for  whom  the  paper  was  drawn  up 
and  who  had  not  known  enough  to  detect  the  bat 
grammar,  lost  his  money. 


LESBOS  ILXXX. 

A-fraid'  bri'ers  health'y  priv'i-lege 

yield  choicest  pre-fer'  o-ver-grown' 

ne-glects'  trained  o'pen-ing  cul'ti-vat-eci 

weeds  o-blige'  mis-for'tune  re-sern'ble 

A  GARDEN  OVERRUN  WITH  WEEDS. 

Harry.  Father,  I  don't  like  to  go  to  schooi. 
I  wish  you  would  let  me  stay  at  home  this  morn- 
ing. Charles  French's  father  does  not  oblige  Liuj 
tc  go  to  school. 

Father  Give  me  your  hand,  Harry.  Come 
with  me,  I  wish  to  show  you  something  in  the 
garden.  See  how  finely  these  peas  are  growing , 
Flow  clean  and  healthy  the  vines  look !  Do  you 
think  we  shall  have  an  abundant  crop  ? 


1 52        OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER. 


Harry.  0  yes,  father.  There  is  not  a  wW 
about  their  roots  ;  and  these  little  poles,  or  bushes 
Atuck  in  the  ground,  hold  them  up,  so  that  thev 
lave  a  fine  chance  to  grow. 

Father.  Now,  go  with  me  across  the  road,  to 
iock  at  Mr  French's  pea- vines,  through  a  large 
opening  in  his  fence.  Well,  my  son,  what  do  yoi: 
rhijk  of  Mr  French's  pea- vines  ? 

Harry.  0  father!  I  never  saw  such  poor- 
looking  peas  in  my  life.  There  are  no  sticks  for 
them  to  run  upon,  and  the  weeds  are  nearly  u? 
high  as  the  peas  themselves.  There  will  uot  b« 
tiaif  a  crop  on  them. 

Father,  Why  are  they  so  much  worse  than 
•rirs,  Harry  ? 

Harry.  Because  they  have  been  left  to  grow 
*s  they  please.  I  suppose  Mr  French  just  planted 
them,  and  never  took  any  care  of  them  afterward. 
He  has  neither  taken  out  the  weeds  nor  trained 
them  to  grow  right. 

Father.  Yes,  that  is  the  truth,  my  son.  A 
garden  will  soon  be  overrun  with  weeds  and  briers, 
if  it  is  not  worked  with  the  greatest  care.  Cliil* 
Arm's  minds  are  like  garden-beds,  and  they  must 
be.  more  carefully  cultivated  than  tie  choicest 
plants. 

If  you,  my  son,  were  never  to  go  to  school  no; 
to  have  good  seeds  of  knowledge  planted  in  yon; 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER.  153 

mind,  when  yon  become  a  man,  it  would  resemble 
this  weeny  bed  in  Mr  French's  garden,  rather 
than  the  beautiful  one  in  mine.  Would  you  think 
me  right  to  neglect  my  garden  as  Mr  French  has 
neglected  his  ? 

Harry.  Oh,  no,  father.  Your  garden  is  a 
fine  one,  but  Mr  French's  is  all  overrun  with 
weeds  and  briers.  It  will  not  yield  half  as  much 
as  yours. 

Father  Do  you  think,  my  son,  it  would  be 
right  for  me  to  neglect  my  child  as  Mr  French 
neglects  his,  and  allow  him  to  run  wild,  and  hie 
mind  to  become  overgrown  with  weeds  \ 

I  send  you  to  school,  in  order  that  the  garden 
of  your  mind  may  have  good  seeds  sown  in  it, 
and  that  they  may  spring  up  and  grow,  and  yield 
a  good  crop.  Now,  which  would  you  prefer,  to 
stay  at  home  from  school,  and  let  the  garden  of 
your  mind  be  overrun  with  weeds,  or  to  go  to 
school,  and  have  this  garden  cultivated  \ 

Harry.  I  would  rather  go  to  school.  I  will 
never  ao;ain  ask  to  stav  at  home  from  school. 
But,  father,  is  Charles  French's  mind  overrun 
with  weeds  i 

Father.  I  am  afraid  that  it  is.  If  not,  it 
surely  will  be,  if  his  father  does  no4  send  him  to 
school.  For  a  little  boy  not  to  be  sent  to  school, 
is  a  great  misfortune,  and  I  hope  you  will  thiujf 


151  OUR  OWJST  SECOND  READER. 

the  privilege  of  going  to  school  a  very  great  one 
mceed. 


IiESSOU 

liXXXJL 

Slng'gard 

slum'ber 

work'ing 

saun'ter-ing 

corn-plain' 

num'ber 

cap'tain 

gen'e-ral 

shoulders 

eating 

care'ful 

re-proved' 

fold'ing 

breeding 

im-prov'ing 

clothes 

THE  SLUGGARD. 

, .  Tis  the  voice  of  the  sluggard  ;  I  hear  him 
complain, 
"  You  have  waked  me  too  soon,  I  must  slum- 
ber again ;  * 
As  the  door  on  its  hinges,  so  he  on  his  bed, 
Turns  his  sides,  and  his  shoulders,  and  his 
heavy  head. 

2    "A  little  more  sleep,  and  a  little  more  slumber;' 
Thus  he  wastes  half  his  days,  and  his  hours 

without  number  ; 
And  when  he  gets  up,  he  sits  folding  his  hand**. 
Or  walks  about  sauntering,  or  trifling  he  stands. 

h   I  passed  by  his  garden,  and  saw  the  wild  brier, 
The  thorn  and  the  thistle  grow  broader  and 
higher; 


00*  OWN  SECOND  IlEADEK 


»;o 


The  /iOSlies  that  hang  on  him  are  turnin.*!'  t^ 

rags, 
AikI  his  money  still  wastes  till  he  starves  ox 
he  beisu. 

4.  I  made  him  a  visit,  still  hoping  to  Una 
He  had  taken  some  care  for  improving  his 

mind  ; 
He  told  me  his  dreams,  talked  of  eatinsr  and 

drinking ; 
But  he  scarce  reads  his  Bible,  and  never  loves 

thinking. 

5.  Said  I  to  my  heart,  "  Here's  a  lesson  for  me  ; 
That  man's  but  a  picture  of  what  I  might  be  ; 
But  thanks  to  my  friends  for  their  care  in  my 

breeding, 
Who  taught  me  betimes  to  love  working  and 
reading/' 

6.  A  Theban  general  had  so  great  an  aversion 
to  idleness,  that,  finding  one  of  his  captains  asleep 
in  the  day-time,  he  slew  him  ;  for  which  being 
reproved  by  his  officers,  he  replied,  "  I  left  him  as 
I  found  him." 

7.  This  was  a  wicked  deed,  to  kill  another  ; 
but  this  general  was  a  heathen,  and  the  heathen 
are  not  very  careful  of  human  life.     But  when  he- 
said  of  the  idle  captain,  "  I  left  him  as  I  found 


156        OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER. 


him,*  he  meant  to  express  a  great  truth- -thai 
idle  people  are  of  no  more  use  to  the  world  than 
dead  people. 


m;*m>\  iawii 

Ver-mont'     ei'ther  warmth         <;rat'i-tude 

fe'male  shawl  one  de-vot'ed 

lifeless  their  per'ished       wrapped 

a  mother's  love. 

1.  What  will  not  a  mother  do  for  her  child  \ 
[n  the  winter  of  1822,  a  man  was  riding  over  one 
of  the  green  hills  of  Vermont,  when  he  .saw  what 
seemed  to  be  the  form  of  a  woman  in  the  snow. 

2.  He  drew  near,  and  found  a  female  with  a 
small  child  in  her  arms.  The  child  looked  up  in 
his  face  and  smiled  ,  but  the  woman's  body  was 
lifeless.     She  had  perished  with  the  cold. 

3.  Seeing  that  either  she  or  her  child  must  die 
with  cold,  this  woman  had  taken  off  her  shawi 
and  wrapped  it  around  her  little  one,  and  given 
her  last  warmth  to  save  him. 

4.  There  are  many,  many  mothers  who  would 
do  quite  as  much  for  their  children's  sake.  Whai 
love  and  gratitude  ought  every  child  to  feel  to* 
wards  a  parent  so  devoted !  It  is  a  signal  fact  if 
fche  lives  of  almost  all  the  great  men  of  kis.<:oi$ 
tint  uwi.  loved  their  mothers. 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER.  157 


LESSOM    li XX XIII 

f. 

Towns 

crumbs 

knit 

un-der-  stand' 

write 

sen'tence 

sew 

en-deav'ors 

wronsj 

in'stinct 

thread 

care'ful-ly 

tease 
sleeve 

mean'ing 

nee'dles 

gath'er-ing 

wlien-ev/er 

at-ten'tive 
hap'pi-er 

THE  GOOD  LITTLE  GIRL. 

1.  The  good  little  girl  always  minds  what  her 
father  and  mother  say  to  her  ;  and  takes  pains  to 
learn  whatever  they  are  so  kind  as  to  teach  her. 
She  is  never  noisy,  or  rude,  or  troublesome,  so 
they  like  to  have  her  with  them,  and  they  like 
to  talk  to  her,  and  instruct  her. 

2.  She  has  learned  to  read  so  well,  and  she  is 
so  good  a  girl,  that  her  father  has  given  her  seve- 
ral little  books,  which  she  can  read  by  herself, 
whenever  she  likes ;  and  she  understands  all  that 
is  in  them. 

*S.  She  knows  the  meaning  of  a  great  many 
different  words  ;  and  the  names  of  a  great  many 
countries,  cities,  and  towns,  and  can  find  them  on 
thr  map. 

4.  She  can  spell  almost  every  little  sentence 
that  her  father  asks  her  to  spell ;  and  she  can 
write  very  prettily,  even  without  a  copy ;  and 
she  can  do  a  great  many  sums  on  a  slate. 


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5.  Whatever  she  does,  she  takes  care  to  do  it 
well ;  and  when  she  is  doing  one  thing,  she  tries 
not  to  think  of  another.  If  she  has  made  a  mis- 
take, or  done  any  thing  wrong,  she  is  sorry  for  it; 
and  when  she  is  told  of  a  fault,  she  tries  to  avoid 
it  another  time. 

6.  When  she  wants  to  know  any  thing,  she 
asks  her  father  or  mother  to  tell  her ;  and  she 
endeavors  to  understand,  and  to  remember  what 
they  say ;  but  if  they  do  not  think  proper  t<  > 
answer  her  questions,  she  does  not  tease  them, 
but  says,  "  When  I  am  older,  they  will  perhaps 
instruct  me,"  and  she  thinks  about  something 
else. 

7.  She  likes  to  sit  by  her  mother,  and  sew  and 
knit.  When  she  sews,  she  does  not  take  long 
stitches,  or  pucker  her  work  ;  but  sews  it  very 
neatly,  just  as  her  mother  tells  her,  and  she 
always  keeps  her  work  very  clean  ;  for  if  her 
hands  are  dirty,  she  washes  them  before  she  be- 
gins her  work ;  and  when  she  has  finished  it,  she 
folds  it  up,  and  puts  it  away  very  carefully,  in 
her  work-bag,  or  in  a  drawer. 

8.  It  is  but  very  seldom,  indeed,  that  she  loses 
her  thread,  or  needles,  or  anything  she  has  to 
work  with.  She  keeps  her  needles  and  thread 
in  her  little  case ;  and  she  has  a  pin-cushion,  in 
which  she  puts  her  pins.     She  does  not  stick  her 


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needles  in  her  sleeve,  or  put  pins  in  her  mouth  ; 
for  she  has  been  told  those  are  silly,  dangerous 
tricks  ;  and  she  always  pays  attention  to  all  that 
is  said  to  her. 

9.  She  does  not  like  to  waste  any  thing.  She 
never  throws  away  or  burns  crumbs  or  peel- 
ings of  fruit,  or  pieces  of  thread,  or  muslin,  oi- 
lmen; for  she  has  seen  the  chickens  and  birds 
picking  up  the  crumbs,  and  the  pigs  feeding  on 
peelings  of  fruit ;  and  she  has  seen  the  rag-man 
going  about  gathering  rags,  which  he  sells  to 
people  to  make  paper. 

10.  She  likes  to  feed  the  chickens  and  young 
turkeys,  and  to  give  them  clear  water  to  drink, 
and  to  wash  themselves  in  ;  she  will  work  in  her 
little  garden,  pull  up  all  the  weeds  and  plant 
all  the  seeds,  that  the  pretty  flowers  may  grow 
and  bloom. 

11.  If  all  little  girls  would  be  so  good  and 
attentive,  how  they  would  delight  their  parents 
and  then:  kind  friends,  and  they  would  be  much 
happier  themselves,  than  if  they  were  obstinate, 
or  idle,  or  cross,  and  not  willing  to  learn  any» 
tiing  properly,  or  mind  what  is  said  to  them. 


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LESSO*  L.XXX1Y. 


Meo.se 

wrong 

per'son 

mis'ehief 

4oes 

laiicch 

orum'ble 

worship 

pout 

dumb 

rude'ly 

con-fess'es 

hopes 

chirp 

fright 'en 

straw'ber-ry 

write 

bet'ter 

per-suade' 

play'fel-lows 

THE  GOOD  BOY. 

1.  The  good  boy  loves  his  parents  dearly.  He 
always  listens  to  what,  they  say  to  him,  and  tries 
to  please  them.  If  they  desire  him  not  to  do  a 
thing,  he  does  it  not  :  if  thoy  desire  him  to  do 
anything,  he  does  it. 

2.  When  they  deny  him  what  he  wants,  he 
does  not  grumble,  or  pout  out  his  lips,  or  look 
angry  :  .  but  he  thinks  that  his  parents  know 
better  what  is  proper  for  him  than  he  does,  foi 
they  are  wiser  than  he  is. 

3.  He  loves  his  teachers,  and  all  who  tell  him 

what  is  good.     He  likes  to  read  and  to  write,  and 

©  * 

to  learn  something  new  every  day.  He  hopes 
that  if  he  lives  to  be  a  man,  he  shall  know  a  great 
many  things  and  be  very  wise  and  good. 

4.  He  is  kind  to  his  brothers  and  sisters,  and 
to  all  his  little  play-fellows.  He  never  fights  not 
quarrels  with  them,  nor  calls  them  bad  tamest 
When  he  sees  them  do  wrong,  he  is  sorry,  arid 
tries  to  persuade  them  to  do  better. 


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r  ^ 

5.  He  does  not  speak  rudely  to  anybody.  If 
.fie  sees  any  persons  who  are  lame,  or  crooked,  or 
very  old,  he  does  not  laugh  at  them,  or  mock 
them  ;  but  is  glad  when  he  can  do  them  any 
service. 

6.  He  is  kind  even  to  the  dumb  creatures,  foi 
he  knows  that  though  they  cannot  speak,  they 
can  feel  as  well  as  we.  Even  those  animals 
which  he  does  not  think  pretty,  he  takes  care  not 
to  hurt. 

7.  He  likes  very  much  to  see  the  birds  pick 
up  bits  of  hay,  and  moss,  and  wool,  to  build  their 
nests  with  ;  and  he  likes  to  see  the  hen  sitting 
on  her  nest,  or  feeding  her  young  ones ;  and  to 
see  the  little  birds  in  their  nests,  and  to  hear 
them  chirp. 

8.  Sometimes  he  looks  about  in  the  bushes,  and 
in  the  trees,  and  amongst  the  strawberry  plants, 
to  find  nests ;  but  when  he  has  found  them,  he 
only  just  peeps  at  them  ;  he  would  rather  not  see 
the  little  birds,  than  frighten  them,  or  do  them 
any  harm. 

9.  He  never  takes  anything  that  does  not 
belong  to  him,  without  leave.  When  he  walks  in 
the  garden  he  does  not  pull  the  flowers,  or  gather 
fruit,  unless  he  is  told  he  may  do  so. 

10.  He  never  tells  a  lie.  If  he  has  done  any 
oaischief  he  confesses  it,  and  says  he  is  sorry,  and 

p 


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will  try  and  do  so  no  more  ,  and  nobody  can  be 
angry  with  him. 

11.  When  he  lies  down  at  nio;ht,  he  tries  to 
remember  all  that  he  has  been  doing  and  learning 
during  the  day.     If  he  has  done  wrong,  he  is 

*  sorry  for  it,  and  hopes  he  will  do  so  no  more  ;  and 
that  God,  who  is  so  good,  will  love  and  bless  him. 
He  loves  to  pray  to  God,  and  to  hear  and  read 
about  Him  ;  and  go  with  his  parents  and  friends 
to  worship  God. 

12.  Every  one  that  knows  this  good  boy  loves 
him,  and  speaks  well  of  him,  and  he  is  very 
happy. 


liESSOS    liXXXV. 


Re-vile'  falsely  m-her'it  ex-ceed'ing 

re-joice'  re- ward'  chil'dren  com'fort-ed 

heav'en  ser'mon  mer'ci-ful  inul'ti-tudes 

bles'sed  king'dom  dis-ci'ples  per'se-cut-ed 

o'pened  proph'ets  moun'tain  right'eous-ness 

SERMON  ON  THE  MOUNT. 

1.  And  seeing  the  multitude?  He  went  up  into 
a  mountain  ;  and  when  He  w  •>  set,  His  disciples 
came  unto  Him. 

2.  And  lie  opened  His  .„.  nth,  and  taught 
them,  saying : 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  UADEE*  1  6# 

3.  Biresed  are  the  poor  in  upirit  •  for  theirs  in 

*&t  kiu£  l."iu  of  heaven. 

4.  Bk  5sed  are  they  that  mourn  ;  for  :bey  shall 
be  comforted. 

5.  Bks^.i  are  the  meek  ;  for  they  shall  inherit 
the  earth, 

6.  Blessed  are  they  which  do  hunger  and  thirst 
after  righteousness  ;  for  they  shall  he  filled. 

7.  Blessed  are  the  merciful  ;  for  they  shall 
obtain  mercy. 

8.-  Blessed  are  the  pure  m  heart ;  for  they 
s>hall  bee  God* 

9.  Blessed  are  the  peace-makers  ;  for  they  shall 
be  called  the  children  of  God. 

10.  Blessed  are  they  which  are  persecuted  for 
righteousness'  sake  ;  for  theirs  is  the  kingdom  oi 
heaven. 

1 1 .  Blessed  are  ye  when  men  shall  revile  yon, 
and  persecute  you,  and  shall  say  all  manner  oi 
evil  against  you  falsely,  for  my  sake. 

12.  Rejoice  ami  be  exceeding  glad  ;  for  great  ia 
your  reward  in  heaven  ;  for  so  persecuted  they 
the  prophets  which  were  before  you. 


Beai/ty      bright'ness         roar'mg       beau'ti-ful 
Diosf«'y        ex'eel-leifc  ter'ri-ble     per-fee'tioBk 

Jaz '';; ;  i  ng    co  Ln'tc- 1  anc*>    gh  •'ri-ou  n    il v  m  •  sel  .Tea 


164  OUR  OWN  SECOND  HEADER. 


GOD  MORE  EXCELLENT  THAN  HIS  WORKS. 

1.  Come,  I  will  show  you  what  is  beautiful, 
it  is  the  rose  fully  blown.  S^e  how  she  sits 
upon  her  mossy  stem,  like  the  queen  of  all  tha 
flowers !  Her  leaves  glow  like  fire  ;  the  air  is 
filled  with  her  sweet  odor.  She  is  the  delight  of- 
every  eye. 

2.  She  is  beautiful,  but  there  is  a  fairer  than 
she.  He  that  made  the  rose  is  more  beautiful 
than  the  rose  ;  He  is  all  lovely.  He  should  be 
the  delight  of  every  heart. 

3.  I  will  show  you  what  is  strong.  The  lion 
is  strong.  When  he  raises  himself  from  his  lair, 
when  he  shakes  his  mane,  when  the  voice  of  his 
roaring  is  heard,  the  cattle  of  the  field  fly,  and  the 
wild  beasts  of  the  forest  hide  themselves,  for  he  is 
terrible. 

4.  The  lion  is  strong,  but  He  that  made  tho 
lion  is  stronger  than  he  ;  His  anger  is  terrible  : 
He  could  destroy  us  in  a  moment,  and  no  one 
could  save  us  from  His  hand. 

5.  I  will  show  you  what  is  glorious.  The  sun 
is  glorious.  When  he  shines  in  the  clear  sky. 
and  is  seen  all  over  the  earth,  he  is  the  most 
o-lorious  object  the  eye  can  behold. 

6.  The  sun  is  glorious,  but  He  that  made  the 
gun  is  more  glorious  than  he.  The  eye  beholds 
Him  not,  for  His  brightness  is  more   dazzlinq 


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than  we  could  bear.  He  sees  in  all  dark  places, 
by  night  as  well  as  by  day  ;  and  the  light  of  His 
countenance  is  over  all  His  works. 

7.  Who  is  this  great  Being,  and  what  is  He 
called,  that  rny  lips  may  praise  Him. 

8.  This  great  Being  is  God.  He  made  all 
things,  but  He  is  Himself  more  excellent  than 
they.  They  are  beautiful,  but  He  is  beauty; 
they  are  strong,  but  He  is  strength  ;  they  are 
perfect,  but  He  is  perfection. 


I<KS$<»S  &.XXXV1I. 

In-jus'tice  Eu'rope  de-scribed' 

de-prived'  un-justTy  ex-pec-ta'tion 

per-se-vere'  im-ag'ine  A-mer'i-ca 

Co-lum'bus  Oc-to'ber  A-mer'i-o-0 

Gen-o'a  Is-a-bel'la  dis-cov'ered 

Chris'to-pher 

CHRISTOPHER  COLUxMBUS. 

1.  The  man  who  first  discovered  this  fair  and 
beautiful  land,  in  which  we  live,  was  Christopher  ' 
Columbus.    He  was  born  in  the  city  of  Genoa,  in 
Italy,  about  the  year  1446. 

2.  Less  than  four  hundred  years  ago,  the  land 
of  America  was  not  known  to  the  white  people  of 
this  world.     There  were  Indians  who  dwelt  in  it, 


16()  OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER. 

but  they  were  few  in  number,  and  lived  in  a 
wild  state. 

3.  Columbus  thought  there  must  be  another 
great  land  far  to  the  west  of  Europe.  Most 
people  who  lived  in  his  day  did  not  believe  that 
this  earth  was  round  ;  but  he  believed  that  it  was 
round. 

4.  He  thought  that  by  sailing  west  he  should 
discover  some  new  land.  But  he  was  a  poor  man, 
and  did  not  himself  have  the  money  to  fit  out  a 
ship,  in  which  to  sail  and  find  out  if  he  was  right 
in  his  belief. 

5.  He  then  tried  to  persuade  the  people  in  his 
native  city  to  fit  out  a  ship  for  him  ;  but  they 
thought  his  scheme  was  a  foolish  one,  and  they 
said  they  could  not  waste  their  money  on  it. 

6.  Columbus  went  to  Spain,  and  tried  to  make 
the  king  and  queen  of  that  land  give  him  the  aid 
he  wanted.  But  for  a  long  while  they  put  him 
off;  no  one  would  believe  that  he  was  right  in  his 
expectation  of  finding  a  new  land. 

7>  He  was  a  brave  and  sincere  man,  and  though 
laughed  at,  and  badly  treated,  still  he  perse- 
vered. At  length  Queen  Isabella  consented  to 
fit  out  a  ship  for  him  ;  and  in  the  year  1492,  on 
Friday,  the  3d  of  August,  he  set  sail. 

8.  He  had  great  trouble  in  making  his  crew 
consent  to  persevere.     They  had  not  been  at  sea 


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many  days,  when  they  grew  alarmed,  and  wished 
to  put  back  to  Spain.  But  Columbus  begged 
them  to  keep  on. 

9.  At  length,  when  they  had  been  at  sea  sixty- 
nine  days,  the  land,  afterwards  called  America, 
was  discovered.  On  the  12th  of  Ootobei  1492, 
Columbus  landed  on  one  of  the  West  India  Islands, 
and  kissed  the  earth. 

10.  You  may  imagine  what  were  the  wonder 
and  joy  of  the  people  of  Europe  when  they  heard 
of  this  discovery.  Nothing  like  it  in  the  world's 
history  had  been  known. 

11.  But  Columbus  was  unjustly  deprived  of 
the  honor  of  giving  his  name  to  the  land  he  had 
found.  It  was  called  America,  from  a  man  named 
Amerigo,  who  visited  the  country  seven  years 
after  Columbus  had  discovered  it. 

12.  Amerigo  wrote  a  book  about  the  country ; 
and  then  some  one  made  a  map,  and  wtotc  the 
name  "  America,"  on  the  land  described  by  Ame- 
rigo. And  in  this  way  people  fell  into  the  habit  of 
calling  the  new  land  America,  instead  of  Columbia. 

13.  It  is  now  too  late  to  redress  the  injustica 
But  the  fame  of  Columbus  is  not  lessened  by  it 
His  name  will  be  one  of  the  first  with  which  the 
children  of  our  land  will  be  made  familiar.  His 
story  will  be  one  of  the  first  wh>h  they  will  wish 
co  read. 


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LESSOR    IjXVXVIH. 


Gras'sy 
to'wards 
lead'er 
pro-v  ides' 


tim'id 
seizing 
rush'ing 
roam'ilig 


marsh'y 
BuffaJo 
mead'ows 
thousands 


In'di-an 
fol'low-ing 
bel'low-ing 
im-pet'u-i.iu 


THE  BUFFALO. 

1.  Far  towards  the  setting  sun, 

Where  the  Indian  hunters  roam, 
Where  the  timid  wild  deer  run, 

Where  the  beaver  builds  his  home, 
Where  the  wild  swan  makes  her  nest, 

In  the  marsli)-  meadows  low, 
Through  the  prairies  of  the  west, 

Ranges  free,  the  Buffalo. 

2.  Listen  to  their  tlumd'ring  tread, 

As  from  place  to  place  they  rove  ,: 


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With  a  leader  at  their  head, 
Many  thousands  in  a  drove. 

Hear  the  roaring  noise  they  keep, 
Ever  bellowing  as  they  go  ; 

Boys  and  girls,  you  could  not  sleej  • 
Near  a  herd  of  Buffalo. 

3.  There  the  wolves,  a  hungry  pack, 

Close  upon  their  heels  you  find, 
Following  hard  upon  their  track, 

Seizing  all  that  lag  behind. 
.Far  across  the  plains  they  lead, 

O'er  the  rushing  streams  they  go  , 
Think  not  you  could  stop  the  speed 

Of  the  impetuous  Buffalo. 

4.  Ask  yon  leader  of  the  herd, 

With  his  big  and  heavy  head, 
If  he  '11  stop  to  hear  a  word, 

How  such  numbers  can  be  fed? 
He  who  gives  us  every  good — 

He  who  makes  our  limbs  to  grow- 
He  provides  the  grassy  foud, 

For  the  hump-backed  Buffalo 


De-hife'       o-blige'         selfish-ness      re-mem 'bet 
doc'tor        our-selves'    un-pop'u-lar    as-so'ci-ates 


i  OUR  OW>'  SECOND  READER 


re- plied7     ev'i-dence    dis-po-si'tion  nec'es-sa-ry 
daugh'ter  for-giv'ing  com-pau'ions  un-a'mi-a-ble 

HOW  TO  BE  LOVED. 

1.  When  the  o-ood  Doctor  Doddridsre  asked  his 
daughter,  then  about  six  years  old,  what  made 
everybody  love  her,  she  replied,  "  I  do  not  know, 
indeed,  father,  unless  it  is  because  I  love  every- 
body." That  was,  in  truth,  the  secret ;  and  I 
hope  my  young  friends  will  remember  it. 

2.  They  must  try  to  love  and  do  good  to  one 
another.  They  must  be  kind,  forgiving,  and  freo 
from  envy  ;  ready  to  oblige,  generous,  and  polite, 
Be  sure  that  the  best  way  of  making  ourselves 
happy  is  to  try  to  make  others  happy.  The  boss 
way  to  gain  love  is  to  give  love. 

3.  I  have  sometimes  heard  a  girl  say,  "  I  know 
that  I  am  very  unpopular  at  school."  Now  this 
is  a  plain  confession,  that  she  is  very  disobliging 
aiid  unamiable  in  her  disposition 

•L  if  your  companions  do  not  love  yen,  a  *u 
your  own  fault.  Tney  cannot  help  loving  you 
if  you  will  be  kind  and  friendly.  If  }ou  an? 
not  loved,  it  is  a  good  evidence  that  you  do 
not  deserve  to  be  loved.  It  is  true,  that  a  sense 
of  duty  may,  at  times,  render  it  necessary  for  you 
to  do  that  which  i^Zl  be  displeasing  to  your  com- 
panions 


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5.  But  if  it  is  seen  that  you  have  a  noble 
spirit;  that  you  are  above  selfishness;  that  yon 
are  willing  to  make  sacrifices  of  your  own  per- 
sonal convenience,  to  promote  the  happiness  of 
your  associates  ;  you  will  never  be  in  want  of 
friends. 


LESSON  XC 


Laughed        e-nough'      smiled        longing 
el'e-phant       clapped       grat'i-fy     moLVeys 
fright'ened     i-mused'     list'ened     yes'ter-day 

THE  SHOW  OF  WILD  BEASTS. 

1.  There  was  a  show  of  elephants  and  wild 


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beasts  in  our  town  the  last  4th  of  July.  A  big 
tent  was  set  up,  and  a  band  of  music  played  tunes 
all  day. 

2.  Do  you  know  Grace  Brown  %  She  lives  the 
next  door  to  my  mother's.  She  is  a  girl  whom 
you  would  love.     I  will  tell  you  a  story  about  her. 

3.  Her  father  took  her  to  see  the  animals  in  the 
tent.  Grace  was  much  pleased.  She  looked  with 
wonder  on  the  big  elephant,  and  fed  him  with 
apples,  wThich  he  seemed  to  like. 

4.  He  put  out  his  big  trunk  and  took  them 
from  her  hand.  She  patted  him  on  the  trunk,  and 
all  at  once  he  took  hold  of  her  with  his  trunk  and 
lifted  fyer  upon  his  back. 

5.  She  was  a  little  frightened,  but  the  keeper 
told  her  not  to  be  afraid.  He  said  the  elephant 
liked  her,  and  that  was  the  reason  he  put  her  on 
his  back. 

6.  He  said  there  was  once  an  elephant  which 
became  so  fond  of  a  little  baby,  that  he  used  to 
rock  its  cradle,  and  would  not  take  his  meals  till 
the  baby  was  brought  to  him. 

7.  The  keeper  told  the  elephant  to  put  Grace 
down  on  the  ground,  which  he  did  so  gently,  that 
Grace  laughed  and  clapped  her  hands. 

8.  She  then  looked  at  the  lion,  the  tiger,  and 
'.'he  monkeys.  She  was  much  amused.  At  length 
her  father  said  it  was  time  to  go,  and  they  went 


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9.  Outside  of  the  tent  they  found  a  numbei 
of  poor  boys  and  girls,  who  listened  to  the  music*. 
and  wished  they  only  had  money  enough  to  see 
the  show. 

10.  Grace  stopped  and  began  to  count.  "What 
are  you  doing,  Grace  V  asked  her  father.  "  Thirty- 
nine,  forty/'  said  Grace.  "  What  do  you  mean  by 
that?" 

11.  "I  mean,  dear  father,''  said  Grace,  "that 
there  are  forty  poor  children,  longing  to  see  what 
I  have  been  seeing.  I  wish  I  had  money  enough 
to  gratify  them." 

12.  Her  father  smiled,  took  out  his  pocket-book, 
and  handed  three  dollars  to  Grace,  and  said, 
"That  money  is  yours,  to  do  what  you  please 
with.  It  will  buy  you  that  beautiful  picture 
which  you  saw  yesterday,  and  wished  you  might 
have,  to  hang  in  your  little  room." 


m:**«i\  xci. 

Ju-ly'         af-ford'       mar'gin         an'i-mals 
pic'ture     de-light'      writ'ten        ad-mis'sion 
bargain     entrance     at-ten'tion     hand'ker-chiefs 

the  show  of  wild  beasts — (continued.) 

1.  "Do  you  think,"  asked  Grace,  "that  the 
man  who  shows  the  animals  would  let  in  all  these 


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poor  children  for  three  dollars?"      "Perhaps  lie 
would/'  said  her  father. 

2.  "  I  wish,"  said  Grace,  "  you  would  go  and 
ask  him."  "  0,  no !  you  must  make  your  own 
bargain,"  said  her  father  ;  "you  can  speak  plainly, 
then  why  should  you  not  tell  the  man  what  you 
want  ?  " 

3.  "I  will  do  it,"  said  Grace  ;  "1  would  rathei 
give  these  children  a  happy  4th  of  July  than  have 
the  beautiful  picture."  "Then  let  me  see  that  you 
mean  what  you  say,"  said  her  father. 

4.  Grace  let  go  her  hold  of  her  father's  hand, 
and  went  to  the  man  who  kept  the  entrance  of 
the  tent,  and  asked  him  if,  for  three  dollars,  he 
would  admit  all  the  poor  children  who  were 
near. 

5.  The  man  replied  that  he  could  afford  to  do 
it.  Grace  eagerly  said,  "  Then  do  it."  She  gave 
him  the  three  dollars.  He  smiled,  and  said, 
"Come  with  me,  little  girl." 

6.  He  led  her  by  the  hand  to  where  the  poor 
children  stood  ;  and  he  spoke  to  them  thus : 
"  Girls  and  boys,  attention !  This  little  girl  has 
paid  three  dollars  for  the  admission  of  all  of  "ou 
into  the  tent.     What  have  you  to  say  to  her  V* 

7.  "  We  thank  her !  we  thank  her !"  cried  forte 
glad  voices. — "  What  is  your  name  V  asked  a  little 
boy.     "  My  name  is  Grace  Brown,"  replied  Grace. 


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'Three  cheers  for  Grace  Brown!"  cried  the  little 
boy. 

8.  Three  loud  and  hearty  cheers  were  given. 
'•'Now  three  more  cheers  for  Graee  Browns 
father!"  said  the  little  boy.  Again  the  children 
cheered.  "  Now  three  more  for  Grace  Brown's 
mother V'  said  the  little  boy  ;  and  once  more  their 
young  voices  sent  forth  a  grateful  sound. 

9.  Then  the  man  said  :  "  Now,  children,  form  in 
a  line — the  girls  first."  The  children  formed  in  a 
line,  and  marched  into  the  tent,  the  little  girls 
waving  their  handkerchiefs  at  Grace,  and  the  bovs 
their  hats  as  they  passed. 

10.  Grace  had  never  been  quite  so  happy.  "I 
have  given  pleasure  to  forty  children  all  at  once  I* 
me  said  to  herself.  She  ran  to  her  father.  Tears 
of  delight  were  in  his  eyes. 

11.  He  kissed  her.  They  walked  home  together. 
[  heard  Mr  Brown  tell  his  wife  all  that  had  hap- 
pened. The  next  day  I  went  into  Grace's  room, 
and  there,  o^i  the  wall,  hung  the  beautiful  picture 
she  had  wished  to  have 

12.  ft  had  a  handsome  frame,  and  on  the  mar- 
gin were  written  these  words:  "Those  who  try 
to  make  others  happy,  shall  be  made  happy  theiu- 
lelvea  " 


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LESSO*    XCII. 

Flapped     lmm/ming        be-lieve'    speckled 
oe-cause'   answered         Gen-e'va   them-selves' 
whether    watch'mak-er  hundred    Switz'er-land 

THERE  IS  A  GOD. 

1.  I  believe  there  is  a  God,  but  I  do  not  be- 
believe  so  because  I  ever  saw  Him.  "No  man 
bath  seen  God  at  any  time."  God  says,  "No 
man  shall  see  me  and  live."  But  we  may  all  be- 
lieve in  some  things  which  we  never  saw.  We 
never  saw  the  wind,  and  yet  we  know  it  blows. 

2.  Like  the  wind,  God  may  exist,  though  not 
seen  by  us.  We  all  believe  that  many  men  are 
now  alive  whom  we  never  saw,  but  whose  works 
we  have  seen,  or  of  whose  fame  we  have  heard. 

3.  Therefore,  it  is  as  foolish  as  it  is  wicked  to 
doubt  whether  there  is  a  God,  simply  because  we 
never  saw  Him.  But  I  will  tell  you  why  I  be- 
lieve there  is  a  God. 

4.  Not  long  ago,  I  went  with  four  little  chil- 
dren into  a  watchmaker  s  shop,  and  there  a  man 
brought  out  a  little  box,  and  put  a  key  into  a 
small  hole  in  the  side  of  it,  and  wound  it  cp. 
He  then  set  down  the  box,  and  touched  a  spring, 
and  the  box  flew  open,  and  a  little  bira,  not  as  large 
as  a  humming-bird,  hopped  out,  and  flapped  its 
wings,  and  sang,  or  seemed  to  sing,  a  pretty  tune 


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5.  When  the  little  hird  had  sung  its  ^ne  » 
topped  down  into  thehox.  and  we  saw  it  no  more" 
It  was  made  of  brass,  and  silver,  and  gold  ft 
was  small,  and  very  beautiful. 

6.  The  little  boys  and  girls  that  were  with  me 
were  much  pleased.  Charles  said,  "How  pretty 
it  is.      James  says,  «How  it  sings."     Mary  said 

1  wish  I  had  it.     I  would  give  a  dollar  for  fc» 
bhe  was  told  the  price  of  it  was  six  hundred  dol 
law.     Jane  asked,  "  Who  made  it  ? ;'     Mr  Smith, 
the  watchmaker,  told  her  it  was  made  by  a  mae 
m  Geneva,  in  Switzerland, 

7  We  all  left  the  store  in  good  spirits,  and  went 
out  to  a  grove.  Here  were  many  living  birds, 
some  were  black,  some  were  blue,  some  were  red 
some  were  yellow,  some  were  green,  and  many 
were  speckled.  One  was  black  all  over  except 
the  wings,  which  were  of  the  color  of  gold 

8    Every  one  of  them  could  hop  from  branch 
to   branch,  and  from  tree  to  tree.     They  could 
build  nests,  and  find  food  for  themselves  and  for 
their  young  ones.   They  could  all  make  some  noise 
Ibe  notes  of  most  of  them  were  very  sweet. 

9.  One  of  them  could  mock  all  the  rest  He 
had  the  notes  of  the  quail,  the  jay,  the  blue-bird, 
the  robin  the  cat-bird,  and  a  dozen  others.  He 
is  called  the  mocking-bird. 

10.  The  sun  shone  clearly,  and  a  little  rain  the 


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night  before  had  made  the  air  cool  and  pleasant 
So  we  all  walked  through  the  grove,  and  found 
some  pretty  flowers.    We  then   came  to  a  cool 
spring,  and  took  a  drink  of  water.     Near  that 
spring  was  a  rock,  and  on  it  we  sat  down  to  rest, 

11.  "  Now  is  not  this  fine  %  "  said  I.  "  Yes,  yes, 
yes,  yes,"  was  heard  from  all.  Just  then  two  or 
three  birds  near  us  sang  sweetly,  as  if  to  please  us. 

12.  I  thought  it  was  a  good  time  to  talk.  So 
'.  said,  "  If  a  man  in  Geneva  made  the  bird  in  the 
dox,  how  came  all  the  living  birds  here  \  Did 
they  make  themselves  % "  Charles  said,  "How 
could  they  make  themselves  \  I  saw  in  a  book 
the  other  day,  that  '  nothing  can  make  nothing/ ' 

13.  "Well,"  said  I,  "did  the  man  in  Geneva 
make  them  \ "  Jane  answered,  "  No  !  he  never 
saw  them.  He  could  not  make  such  birds  as 
these.  The  bird  in  the  box  is  the  best  he  could 
make,  and  it  cannot  lay  eggs,  and  hatch  young 
ones  and  fly  about,  and  build  nests,  and  eat 
cherries." 

14.  I  then  said,  "Did  they  just  grow  without 
any  one  making  them  % "  Charles  replied,  "  How 
could  they  % "  Mary  said,  "  I  can  tell  how  they 
came  here.  God  made  them  ;  no  man  could  make 
them.  None  could  make  them  but  God  himself. 
I  know  there  is  a  God,  because  there  are  so  many 
pretty  birds." 


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15.  I  added,  "You  are  all  right,  my  children. 
There  is  a  God.  If  these  little  birds  were  put 
under  the  water,  they  would  die,  yet  there  art- 
thousands  of  living  things  in  the  water,  that  would 
die  if  they  were  brought  out  of  it.  God  has  fit- 
ted the  birds  to  the  air,  and  the  fishes  to  the  sea. 
He  has  made  everything  good,  and  we  ought  to 
believe  that  He  is.  His  works  are  all  around  us 
They  are  many,  and  great,  and  wise.  Let  us 
never  doubt  that  there  is  a  God." 

1 6.  If  there  is  a  God,  we  ought  to  believe  in 
Him,  and  think  of  Him.  We  ought  to  love  Him,. 
and  fear  Him,  and  obey  Him,  and  not  sin  against 
Him.  We  ought  also  to  trust  in  Him.  Little 
birds  do  His  will  and  praise  Him  in  their  w^y. 
We  ought  to  praise  Him  in  our  pretty  hymns, 
and  in  our  hearts.  We  ought  to  pray  to  Him  at 
all  times,  and  live  in  the  way  He  has  told  us  m 
the  blessed  Bible. 


LESSON  YC  III. 

Earth       wish  prayer         o-be'di-ent 

friend       thought         seem'eth       im-per'fect 
please       de-pend'       what-ev'er    con-de-scen#v 

THE  CHILD'S  PRAYER. 

1.  Great  God,  and  wilt  Thou  condescend 
To  be  my  Father  and  my  friend  ? 


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I,  a  poor  child,  and  Thou  so  high, 
The  Lord  of  earth,  and  air,  and  sky ! 

2.  Art  Thou  my  Father  ?     Canst  Thou  bear 
To  hear  my  poor,  imperfect  prayer  % 

Or  stoop  to  listen  to  the  praise, 
That  such  a  little  child  can  raise  1 

3.  Art  Thou  my  Father  1     Let  me  be 
A  meek,  obedient  child  to  Thee, 

And  try,  in  word,  and  deed,  and  thought 
To  serve  and  please  Thee  as  I  ought. 

4.  Art  Thou  my  Father  %     1 11  depend 
Upon  the  care  of  such  a  friend ; 
And  only  wish  to  do  and  be, 
Whatever  seemeth  good  to  Thee. 

5.  Art  Thou  my  Father  ?     Then  at  last, 
When  all  my  days  on  earth  are  past, 
Send  down  and  take  me  in  Thy  love, 
To  be  Thy  better  child  above. 


LESSON  XCIV. 

Hon'or      o-bey'  for-sake'       cor-rect' 

father      may'est         wis'dom       re-proof 
moth'er    heark'en        bring'eth      in-striic'tion 

DUTY  TO  PARENTS. 

1.  Honor  thy  father  and  thy  mother  ;  that  thv 


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days  may  be  long  upon  the  land  which  the  Lord 
thy  God  giveth  thee.     Exodus  20  :  12. 

2.  Children,  obey  your  parents  in  the  Lord  ; 
for  this  is  right.  Honor  thy  father  and  mother  ; 
that  it  may  be  well  with  thee,  and  thou  mayest 
live  long  on  the  earth.     Eph.  (>  :  1-3. 

3.  Hearken  unto  thy  father  that  begat  thee, 
md  despise  not  thy  mother  when  she  is  old 
Prov.  23  :  22. 

4.  My  son,  hear  the  instruction  of  thy  father, 
and  forsake  not  the  law  of  thy  mother.    Prov.  1  :  8. 

5.  Children,  obey  your  parents  in  all  things  ; 
for  this  is  well  pleasing  unto  the  Lord.     Col.  3  :  20 

6.  The  rod  and  reproof  give  wisdom  ;  but  a 
child  left  to  himself,  bringeth  his  mother  to  shame. 
Prov.  29  :15. 

7.  Correct  thy  son,  and  he  shall  give  thee  rest 
yea,  he  shall  give  delight  unto  thy  soul.    Prov.  29 ; 
17. 

8.  Train  up  a  child  in  the  way  he  should  go ; 
and  when  he  is  old  he  will  not  depart  from  it. 
Prov.  22 ;  6. 


EJESSOM  xcv. 

Peo'ple      re-fuse'  mentioned  sin'ners 

gc'tions      naught'y  re-mem'ber  feelings 

wick'ed     something        dis-o-bey'ing  min'utes 


182  OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER. 


ABOUT  SIN. 

1.  Do  you  know  what  sin  is  \  I  will  tell  you. 
Sin  is  disobeying  God.  There  are  two  ways  in 
which  people  sin.  One  is  by  doing  what  is  wrong, 
xnd  the  other  is  by  not  doing  what  is  right. 
Both  of  these  are  sin. 

2.  To  obey,  is  to  do  as  we  are  told.  God  has 
told  us  in  the  Bible  what  we  ought  to  do,  and  if 
we  do  not  try  to  obey  Him,  we  cannot  please  Him 

3.  You  know  there  are  a  great  many  people  in 
the  world  who  do  very  wicked  things.  Yon 
have  heard  of  people  who  kill,  and  steal,  and 
swear,  and  cheat.  All  these  wicked  actions  are 
sin.  God  sees  them  all,  and  He  knows  when 
these  people  sin  ;  and  He  will  punish  them  for  it> 
for  He  has  said  He  would. 

4.  But  is  nothing  sin  except  such  very  wicked 
acts  as  I  have  mentioned  %  0  yes.  There  are  a 
great  many  kinds  of  sin.  You  know  I  told  you 
that  sin  meant  doing  wrong.  Now  stop  and 
think  a  moment,  and  you  can  tell  some  things 
which  are  wrong  beside?  those  I  have  mentioned- 

5.  Is  it  wrong  to  tell  lies,  to  quarrel,  to  get 
angry,  to  be  cross  and  unkind  to  your  brothers 
and  sisters  *?  0  yes ;  these  are  wrong,  all  these 
are  sin. 

6.  Then  do  not  children  sin  as  well  as  men  ■? 
Yes ;  children  sin,  even  little  children  sin,  and 


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all  children  sin.  There  is  not  a  day  or  hour  in 
which  you  do  not  do  something  that  is  wrong,  01 
refuse  to  do  what  you  know  to  be  right.  Are 
you  not  sorry  to  think  of  this  %  Oh  it  is  very  sad, 
but  it  is  true. 

7.  People  who  sin,  are  sinners.  Their  children 
are  sinners.  All  children  who  will  sit  down  for  a 
few  minntes  and  think  about  it,  will  feel  that 
they  are  sinners  ;  they  will  remember  naughty 
things  which  they  have  done,  and  cross  feelings 
which  they  have  had  in  their  hearts.  And  you 
know  that  God  can  see  what  we  think  and  feel, 
just  as  well  as  what  we  say  or  do.  And  He 
knows  when  we  feel  wrong  ;  and  this  is  sin. 


MBSSO?    XCVI. 

Brok'en    re-pent'     re-pent'ed       con'stant-ly 
trou'ble    nat'u-ral    re-pent'ance  un-der-stand' 
re-quires'  for-giv'en  dis-pleas'ing  con'se-quen-ces 

REPENTANCE. 

1.  Your  heart  is  a  bad  heart ;  and  of  yourself 
you  can  never  make  it  a  good  one.  If  you  were 
to  try  ever  so  hard,  even  for  one  day,  to  think, 
and  feel,  and  act  just  right,  you  would  find  that 
you  could  not  do  it  without  help  from  above. 
And  yet,  my  child,  all  your  sins  are  displeasing  to 
God. 


184  OUR   OWN    SECONJJ  HEADER. 


2.  His  holy  law.  as  it  is  written  in  the  Bible, 
requires  everything  that  is  good  and  true  and 
pure,  in  all  our  actions  and  wishes  and  thoughts. 
Oh,  how  o liferent  our  hearts  are.  from  what  God 
commands  us  to  be  !  What  shall  we  do  with 
these  v  je.  hearts  1  how  shall  we  get  them  changed  \ 
How  shall  we  be  forgiven.  *• 

:3.  God  has  told  us  we  mu«|  repent.  To  repent, 
means  to  be  heartily  s  *r±  v  r>r  the  sin  of  what  we 
have  done  or  felt,  that  is  wrongs.  We  are  often 
sorry  for  the  consequences  of  doing  wrong,  because 
we  get  in  trouble  by  it,  or  are  punished,  or  in 
some  other  way  perhaps  have  to  suiter  for  it. 

4.  But  being  sorry  for  thw  trouble  we  get  intc 
by  doing  wrong,  is  a  very  different  thing  from 
being  sorry  for  the  sinful  nature  of  a  wrong  act 
or  feeling — sorry  because  we  have  oil  ended  God 
by  it,  and  broken  His  kind  and  good  laws— sorry 
because  we  have  felt  and  done  the  very  things 
which  caused  the  blessed  Jesus  to  suffer  and  die 
for  us. 

5.  This  kind  of  sorrow,  my  dear  child,  it  is  not 
natural  for  us  to  feel.  We  do  not  feel  it  withom 
the  aid  of  God's  Holy  Spirit.  And  we  must  prav 
to  God  to  give  us  the  Holy  Spirit,  that  we  mav 
truly  repent  of  our  sins  against  Him. 

6.  One  way  by  which  we  may  kno  w  when  we 
have  this  right  kind  of  sorrow  for  any  sin,  is,  that 


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we  shall  try  not  to  do  the  wrong  thing  again  ;  w<? 
shall  watch  and  pray  to  be  kept  from  it.  If  we 
still  love  to  doit,  then  we  have  not  truly  repented 
of  it,  and  are  not  forgiven. 

7.  Will  you  not  ask  God  to  teach  you  these 
things  by  His  Spirit  \  Ask  Him  to  show  you  the 
secret  evil  of  your  heart — to  make  yon  understand 
your  own  motives,  that  when  you  see  the  sin  that 
is  mixed  with  all  you  do,  you  may  be  led  to  look 
to  the  Saviour  constantly  for  pardon  and  for  help 
to  do  right  in  His  sight  as  well  as  in  the  sight  oi 
parents  and  friends. 


LESSOR   XCYII. 

Pre'cious  sin-cere'ly  de-serve7  wor'tki-ness 
suffered  pro-vid'ed  ko'li-ness  for-give'ness 
weak'ness  sin'ful-ness  o-ver-come'  right'eous-ness 

FAITH. 

1.  Do  you  feel  that  you  need  help  to  do  right  ? 
Yes,  you  do  need  it.  The  Holy  Bible  tells  us  that 
we  can  never,  of  ourselves,  turn  from  our  sins  and 
hate  them  ;  but  it  tells  us  that  our  Father  in 
heaven  is  willing  to  give  His  Holy  Spirit  to  us,  to 
incline  our  hearts  to  do  so,  and  to  help  us  in  every 
attempt  that  we  make  to  look  to  the  Saviour  for 
grace  and  strength  to  love  and  serve  Him. 

2.  Now  when  you  think  of  this,  and  feel  your 


1  S6  OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER. 

r^ced  of  God's  help  because  of  your  own  weakness 
and  sinfulness,  you  must  believe  that  all  the  pre- 
vious promises  which  He  has  given  us  in  His  holy 
Word  are  true — and  that  He  will  fulfil  them  all  to 
you,  if  you  believe  Him  and  trust  in  Him  with  all 
vour  heart. 

3.  This  He  will  do,  not  because  you  are  worthy, 
or  ever  can  be  worthy  of  His  mercy  and  forgive- 
ness, but  because  Jesus  Christ  died  that  sinners, 
and  you  among  them,  might  be  pardoned  on  ac- 
count of  all  that  He  suffered  and  did  for  our  sakes. 

4.  The  Saviour  suffered  and  obeyed  in  heart 
and  life  all  the  holy  law  of  God  for  us;  and  now, 
oecause  of  what  He  has  done  and  suffered,  He  can 
claim  pardon  for  all  those  who  believe  in  Him, 
and  trust  in  His  being  both  able  and  willing  to 
save  their  souls. 

5.  To  those  who  thus  receive  Him,  and  trust 
ro  His  righteousness  alone,  as  the  only  reason 
why  God  should  pardon  them,  and  who  give 
themselves  away,  humbly,  sincerely,  and  wholly, 
to  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  to  be  His  for  ever,  to 
them  He  gives  grace  to  believe  on  His  name  unto 
salvation.  Oh  how  simple,  how  glorious,  how 
rree,  is  this  offer  of  eternal  life  to  poor  sinners ! 

6.  Without  any  merit  in  us,  who  deserve  God's 
;;,nger  on  account  of  our  sins,  yet  has  God  pro- 
vided for  us,  in  our  guilt   and   helplessness,  a 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER.  187 

Saviour.  And  this  blessed  Jesus  has  laid  down 
His  life  that  we  might  be  forgiven,  and  now 
offers  us  pardon  and  holiness  and  heaw.n  as  a 
free  gift ;  and  requires  us  to  believe  this  with 
all  our  hearts,  and  lovingly  to  trust  Him  to  do 
all  for  us  that  He  has  promised. 

7.  Shall  we  not  believe  and  trust  Him,  my  dear 
child  ?  Shall  we  not  love  and  obey  Him  for  His 
tender  love  to  us  1  Shall  we  refuse  to  believe 
what  He  has  said  and  promised  \  Oh,  how  wicked 
it  would  be,  thus  to  rebel  against  Him. 


■jESSO*   xcyiik. 

Wound'ed  re-ceives'  who-so-ev'er 

for-giv'en  trou'bled  ev-er-last'ing 

be-got'ten  pre-pared'  un-speak'a-ble 

e-ter'nal  be-liev'eth  coni-mand'ments 

faith — {continued.) 

1.  Dear  child,  will  you  believe  God?  Will 
you  give  yourself  away  to  Him,  to  serve  Him  as 
long  as  you  live  ?  Will  you  love  and  pray  to 
Him'?  Then  He  receives  you  ;  your  sins  are  all 
forgiven,  you  are  His  dear  child,  and  He  will 
guide  you  by  His  Spirit. 

2.  And  when  you  have  done  all  His  holy  will, 
and  glorified  Him  here  on  earth,  He  will  take  vou 


188  OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER. 


to  that  bright  and  blessed  home  which  He  has 
prepared  for  you  in  glory,  and  there  you  shall  be 
for  ever  with  the  Lord. 

"  Thanks  be  to  God  for  His  unspeakable  gift." 

3.  For  God  so  loved  the  world  that  He  o-ave 
his  only-begotten  Son,  that  whosoever  believeth 
in  Him,  should  not  perish,  but  have  everlasting- 
life.     John  3:  16. 

4.  Jesus  saith  unto  him,  I  am  the  way,  and 
the  truth,  and  the  life ;  no  man  cometh  unto  the 
Father,  but  by  me.     John  14 :  6. 

5.  Him  that  cometh  to  me,  I  will  in  no  wise 
cast  out.     John  6  :  37. 

6.  Believe  on  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and  thou 
shalt  be  saved.     Acts  16:31. 

7.  He  that  believeth  not  God,  hath  made  Him 
a  liar,  because  he  believeth  not  the  record  that 
God  hath  given  of  His  Son.  And  this  is  the 
record,  that  God  hath  given  to  us  eternal  life  ; 
and  this  life  is  in  His  Son.     1st  John  5  :  10,  11. 

8.  If  ye  love  me,  keep  my  commandments 
John  14:15. 

9.  How  sweet  the  name  of  Jesus  sounds 
In  a  believer's  ear, 
It  soothes  his  sorrows,  heals  his  wounds, 
And  drives  away  his  fear. 
10.  It  makes  the  wounded  spirit  whole, 
And  calms  the  troubled  breast, 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  E&ADKK,  18.9 


"lis  manna  to  the  hungry  audi. 
And  to  the  weaiy.  rest. 


LESSON   X€IX. 

JJe-neath'  thou'sand  jeal'ous  neigh'bor 
likeness  in-i'qui-ty  witness  lial'lowed 
SaVbath     a-dul'te-ry    sev'enth     gen-er-a'tion 

THE  TEN  COMMANDMENT.* 

First  Command. — Thou  shalt  have  no  othei 
gods  before  me. 

Second. — Thou  shalt  not  make  arito  thee  any 
graven  image,  or  any  likeness  of  any  thing  that  is 
in  heaven  above,  or  that  is  in  the  earth  beneath, 
or  that  is  in  the  water  uuder  the  earth.  Thou 
shalt  not  bow  down  thyself  to  them,  nor  serve 
them  ;  for  I  the  Lord  thy  God  am  a  jealous  God, 
visiting  the  iniquity  of  the  fathers  upon  the  chil- 
dren, unto  the  third  and  fourth  generation  of  them 
that  hate  me,  and  showing  mercy  unto  thousands 
of  them  that  love  me,  and  keep  my  command- 
ments. 

Third. — Thou  shalt  not  take  the  name  of  the 
Lord  thy  God  in  vain. 

Fourth. — Remember  the  Sabbath  day  to  keep 
it  holy.      Six  days  sh^lt  thou  labor,  and  do  all 

*  N.B. — This  lesson  and  the  one  following  it  should  lie  oon> 
tnitted  to  memory  by  the  pupil. 


190        OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER. 


thy  work  ;  but  the  seventh  day  is  the  Sabbath  oi 
the  Lord  thy  God ;  in  it  thou  shalt  not  do  any 
work,  thou,  nor  thy  son,  nor  thy  daughter,  thy 
man-servant,  nor  thy  maid-servant,  nor  thy  cattle, 
nor  thy  stranger  that  is  within  thy  gates  :  for  in 
six  days  the  Lord  made  heaven  and  earth,  the 
sea,  and  all  that  in  them  is,  and  rested  the 
seventh  day :  wherefore  the  Lord  blessed  the 
Sabbath  day  and  hallowed  it. 

Fifth,- — Honor  thy  father  and  thy  mother  ;  that 
thy  days  may  be  long  upon  the  land  which  the 
Lord  thy  God  giveth  thee. 

Sixth. — Thou  shalt  not  kill. 

Seventh. — Thou  shalt  not  commit  adultery. 

Eighth. — Thou  shalt  not  steal. 

Ninth. — Thou  shalt  not  bear  false  witness 
against  thy  neighbor. 

Tenth. — Thou  shalt  not  covet  thy  neighbor'*- 
house,  thou  shalt  not  covet  thy  neighbor's  wife. 
nor  his  man-8ervant,  nor  his  maid-servant,  nor  his 
ox,  nor  hifl  ass,  nor  any  thing  that  is  thy  neigh- 
bor's. 

MESSON  C. 
ALPHABETICAL  SELECTIONS. 

A.  A.    soft    answer    turneth    away    wrath,    bull1 

grievous  words  stir  up  anger. 

B.  Be  not  hasty  in  thy  spirit  to  be  angry,  foi 

anger  rtvsteth  in  the  bosom  of  fools. 


OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER.  19] 


ft  Choosing  rather  to  suffer  affliction  with  the 
people  of  God,  than  to  enjoy  the  plea? -ires  of 
sin  for  a  season. 

D.  Depart  from  evil,  and  do  good  ;   seek  peace, 

and  pursue  it. 

E.  Except  a  man  he  born  again,  he  cannot  seethe 

kingdom  of  God. 

F.  For  he  that  will  love  life,  and  see  good  days, 

let  him  refrain  his  tongue  from  evil,  and  his 
lips  that  they  speak  no  guile. 

G.  Give  me  neither  pc™vty  nor  riches ;  feed  me 

with  food  convenient  for  me. 
H.  He  that  hath  pity  up^n  the  poor,  lendeth  unto 

the  Lord  ;  and  that   which   he  hath  given 

will  He  pay  him  aeaiu. 
[.  If  thine  enemy  hunger,  teed  him  ;  if  he  thirst, 

give  him  drink ;  for  in  so  doing  thou  shalt 

heap  coals  of  fire  on  nis  head. 
J.  Jesus  said,  I  am  the  way,  and  the  truth,  and 

the  life;   no  man  cometh  unto  the  Father 

but  by  me. 
K.  Keep  thy  heart  witk  ail  diligence,  for  out  of  it 

are  the  issues  of  life. 
L.  Love  your  enemies,  bless  them  that  curse  you, 

do  good  to  them  that  hate  you,  and  pray  for 

them  that  despitefully  use  and  persecute  you. 
M.  Many  are  the  afflictions  of  the  righteous,  but 

the  Lord  delivereth  him  out  of  them  all. 


192        OUR  OWN  SECOND  READER. 

N".  Now  is  the  accepted  time  ;  now  is  the  day  til 

salvation. 
0.  Open  thou  mine  eyes,  that  I  may  behold  won- 
drous things  out  of  thy  law. 
P.  Pride  goeth  before  destruction,  and  a  haught* 

spirit  before  a  fall. 
Q.  Quietly  wait  for  the  salvation  of  the  Lord. 
R.  Remove  from  me  the  way  of  lying  ;  and  grant 

me  Thy  law  graciously. 
S.  So  teach  us  to  number  our  days,  that  we  may 

apply  our  hearts  unto  wisdom. 
T.  Thou  shalt  rise  up  before  the  hoary  head,  ana 

honor  the  face  of  the  old  man,  and  fear  fchv 

God. 
U.   Understandest  thou  what  thou  readest? 
V.  Vengeance  is  mine  ;   I  will  repay,  saith  tb« 

Lord. 
\V.  When  thy  father  and  thy  mother  forsake  the** 

then  the  Lord  will  take  thee  up. 
X.,  Examine  me,  0  Lord,  and  prove  me. 
Y.  Yield  yourselves  unto  God. 
2L  Zion  shall  be  redeemed  with  judgment,  and  he* 

converts  with  righteousness. 


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